Name: Frigidibacter albus Li and Zhou 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.13995; NBRC 109671; SLM-1; SP 32

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF944301 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li AH, Zhou YG. Frigidibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1199-1206.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2020 Liu Y, Pei T, Zhang J, Yang F, Zhu H. Proposal for transfer of Defluviimonas alba to the genus Frigidibacter as Frigidibacter mobilis nom. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3553-3558. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frigidibacter Li and Zhou 2015. Publication: Li AH, Zhou YG. Frigidibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1199-1206.
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Frigidibacter Li and Zhou 2015

Assigned by: Li AH, Zhou YG. Frigidibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1199-1206.

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