Name: Filomicrobium insigne Wu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.si.gne. L. neut. adj. insigne, distinguished by a mark, remarkable, extraordinary, referring to the remarkable phylogenetic relationship between the type strain and members of the genera Hyphomicrobium and Filomicrobium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6497; LMG 23927; SLG5B-19

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF117253 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu XL, Yu SL, Gu J, Zhao GF, Chi CQ. Filomicrobium insigne sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:300-305.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Filomicrobium Schlesner 1988

Assigned by: Wu XL, Yu SL, Gu J, Zhao GF, Chi CQ. Filomicrobium insigne sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:300-305.

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