Name: Frondicola australicus Zhang et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. australicus, pertaining to Australia, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡us-TRA-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17894; E1HC-02; JCM 13598

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ525859 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang L, Xu Z, Patel BK. Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1177-1182. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Frondihabitans australicus (Zhang et al. 2007) Greene et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Frondihabitans australicus (Zhang et al. 2007) Greene et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007. Publication: Zhang L, Xu Z, Patel BK. Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1177-1182. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Zhang et al. 2007, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as DQ52589. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 Frondicola australicus Zhang et al. 2007 is illegitimate because the genus name is illegitimate (see Frondicola). Consequently, a new species designation Frondihabitans australicus (Zhang et al. 2007) Greene et al. 2009 has been proposed by Greene et al. 2009. Publication: Greene AC, Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ, Patel BK. Proposal of Frondihabitans gen. nov. to replace the illegitimate genus name Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:447-448. 🇦🇺

Parent taxon: Frondicola Zhang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zhang L, Xu Z, Patel BK. Frondicola australicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from decaying leaf litter from a pine forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1177-1182. 🇦🇺

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