Name: Fodinicurvata fenggangensis Wang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: feng.gang.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. fenggangensis, of or belonging to Fenggang, the locality of the salt mine from which the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208037; DSM 21160; YIM D812

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ357427 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang YX, Liu JH, Zhang XX, Chen YG, Wang ZG, Chen Y, Li QY, Peng Q, Cui XL. Fodinicurvata sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Fodinicurvata fenggangensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2575-2581.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Fodinicurvata Wang et al. 2009

Assigned by: Wang YX, Liu JH, Zhang XX, Chen YG, Wang ZG, Chen Y, Li QY, Peng Q, Cui XL. Fodinicurvata sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Fodinicurvata fenggangensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2575-2581.

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