Name: Filimonas lacunae Shiratori et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cu’nae. L. gen. fem. n. lacunae, of a pool, referring to the isolation of the type strain from shallow fresh water

Pronunciation, gender: la-KU-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21054; NBRC 104114; YT0021

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16S rRNA gene: AB362776 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shiratori H, Tagami Y, Morishita T, Kamihara Y, Beppu T, Ueda K. Filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1137-1142.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Leandro et al. 2013 Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799. 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.
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. 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 Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009. Publication: Shiratori H, Tagami Y, Morishita T, Kamihara Y, Beppu T, Ueda K. Filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1137-1142.
  • 😢 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. 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009

Assigned by: Shiratori H, Tagami Y, Morishita T, Kamihara Y, Beppu T, Ueda K. Filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1137-1142.

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