Name: Filobacterium rodentium Ike et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.den’ti.um. N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. rodentium, of rodents; L. pres. part. rodens, gnawing, of rodents, of gnawing animals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 100392; JCM 19453; SMR-C

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16S rRNA gene: LC055729 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ike F, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Kajita A, Matsushita S, Kokubo T. Filobacterium rodentium gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Filobacteriaceae fam. nov. within the phylum Bacteroidetes; includes a microaerobic filamentous bacterium isolated from specimens from diseased rodent respiratory tracts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:150-157.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Filobacterium Ike et al. 2016. Publication: Ike F, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Kajita A, Matsushita S, Kokubo T. Filobacterium rodentium gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Filobacteriaceae fam. nov. within the phylum Bacteroidetes; includes a microaerobic filamentous bacterium isolated from specimens from diseased rodent respiratory tracts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:150-157.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species, a unique member of the family Filobacteriaceae, affiliates within the Chitinophagaceae and may be reclassified in this family". 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.

Parent taxon: Filobacterium Ike et al. 2016

Assigned by: Ike F, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Kajita A, Matsushita S, Kokubo T. Filobacterium rodentium gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Filobacteriaceae fam. nov. within the phylum Bacteroidetes; includes a microaerobic filamentous bacterium isolated from specimens from diseased rodent respiratory tracts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:150-157.

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