Name: Fodinicurvata fenggangensis Wang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: fen͡g-gan͡g-EN-sis, 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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