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

Gender: masculine

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

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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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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