Name: Epilithonimonas arachidiradicis (Kämpfer et al. 2015) Nicholson et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chryseobacterium arachidiradicis Kämpfer et al. 2015

Etymology: a.ra.chi.di.ra’di.cis N.L. fem. n. Arachis -idis, the generic name of the peanut plant; L. fem. n. radix (gen. radicis), root; N.L. gen. n. arachidiradicis, of the root of Arachis

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 91A-612; CCM 8490; CIP 110647; DSM 27620; LMG 27814

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP271932 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chryseobacterium arachidiradicis Kämpfer et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chryseobacterium arachidiradicis Kämpfer et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published

Parent taxon: Epilithonimonas O'Sullivan et al. 2006

Assigned by: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450.

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