Name: Fibrisoma limi Filippini et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li’mi. L. gen. masc. n. limi, of/from mud

Pronunciation, gender: LI-mi, neuter

Type strain: BUZ 3; CCUG 58137; DSM 22564

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16S rRNA gene: GQ355622 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Filippini M, Kaech A, Ziegler U, Bagheri HC. Fibrisoma limi gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous bacterium isolated from tidal flats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1418-1424.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fibrisoma Filippini et al. 2011. Publication: Filippini M, Kaech A, Ziegler U, Bagheri HC. Fibrisoma limi gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous bacterium isolated from tidal flats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1418-1424.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is a true member of the genus Spirosoma and is susceptible to being reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Fibrisoma Filippini et al. 2011

Assigned by: Filippini M, Kaech A, Ziegler U, Bagheri HC. Fibrisoma limi gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous bacterium isolated from tidal flats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1418-1424.

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