Name: Falsochrobactrum ovis Kämpfer et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’vis. L. gen. fem. n. ovis, of a sheep

Gender: neuter

Type strain: B 1315; CCM 8460; DSM 26720; LMG 27356

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760205 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser S, Busse HJ, Eisenberg T, Scholz H. Falsochrobactrum ovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sheep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3841-3847.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Falsochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2013. Publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser S, Busse HJ, Eisenberg T, Scholz H. Falsochrobactrum ovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sheep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3841-3847.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Falsochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser S, Busse HJ, Eisenberg T, Scholz H. Falsochrobactrum ovis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sheep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3841-3847.

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Record number: 791191