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; N.L. masc./fem. n. limicola, mud-dweller

Gender: 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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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