Name: Filibacter limicola Maiden and Jones 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; L. masc./fem. n. limicola, mud-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: li-MI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: 1SS101; ATCC 43646; DSM 12288; DSM 13886; NCIB 11923; NCIMB 11923

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ292316 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maiden MFJ, Jones JG. A new filamentous, gliding bacterium, Filibacter limicola gen. nov. sp. nov., from lake sediment. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1984; 130:2943-2959.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sporosarcina limicola (Maiden and Jones 1985) Gupta and Patel 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sporosarcina limicola (Maiden and Jones 1985) Gupta and Patel 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Filibacter Maiden and Jones 1985. Publication: Maiden MFJ, Jones JG. A new filamentous, gliding bacterium, Filibacter limicola gen. nov. sp. nov., from lake sediment. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1984; 130:2943-2959.
  • ❗ Filibacter limicola 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 Filibacter.
  • 😷 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. — 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.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Filibacter Maiden and Jones 1985

Assigned by: Maiden MFJ, Jones JG. A new filamentous, gliding bacterium, Filibacter limicola gen. nov. sp. nov., from lake sediment. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1984; 130:2943-2959.

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Record number: 776203