Name: Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: urs.in.co.la. L. masc. n. ursus, bear; L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ursincola, intended top mean neighbor or compatriot of bears

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 106843; DSM 9006; EY 4250; JCM 10397; JCM 13370; KR-99

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB024289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yurkov V, Stackebrandt E, Buss O, Vermeglio A, Gorlenko V, Beatty JT. Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium: description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1172-1178.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Erythromicrobium ursincola" Yurkov et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Erythromonas Yurkov et al. 1997. Publication: Yurkov V, Stackebrandt E, Buss O, Vermeglio A, Gorlenko V, Beatty JT. Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium: description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1172-1178.
  • ❗ Erythromonas ursincola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Erythromonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 was previously known as "Erythromicrobium ursincola" Yurkov et al. 1992. Publication: Yurkov V, Lysenko AM, Gorlenko VM. Hybridization analysis of the classification of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing freshwater aerobic bacteria. Microbiology (New York) 1991; 60:362-366.
  • 🧍 Basonym "Erythromicrobium ursincola". — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Erythromonas Yurkov et al. 1997

Assigned by: Yurkov V, Stackebrandt E, Buss O, Vermeglio A, Gorlenko V, Beatty JT. Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium: description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1172-1178.

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