Name: Filimonas aurantiibacter Albert et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti.i.bac’ter. N.L. masc. adj. aurantius, orange, pertaining to colony colour; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. aurantiibacter, orange coloured rod (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-ti-i-BAK-ter, feminine

Type strain: 1458; LMG 29039; NRRL B-65305

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KR780052 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Albert RA, Waas NE, Pavlons SC, Pearson JL, Roecker J, Tewalt N, Cleeve N, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ. Filimonas aurantiibacter sp. nov., an orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from lake water and emended description of the genus Filimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4027-4032.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Arvibacter aurantiibacter (Albert et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arvibacter aurantiibacter (Albert et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Filimonas aurantiibacter 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 Filimonas.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009

Assigned by: Albert RA, Waas NE, Pavlons SC, Pearson JL, Roecker J, Tewalt N, Cleeve N, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ. Filimonas aurantiibacter sp. nov., an orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from lake water and emended description of the genus Filimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4027-4032.

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Record number: 794636