Species Fructobacillus apis

Name: Fructobacillus apis Chen et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, of/from a honey bee, the genus name of the honey bee Apis mellifera

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fruk-to-ba-KIL-lus A-pis, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81365; NBRC 115637; W13

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16S rRNA gene: LC705594 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YS, Wang LT, Lin ST, Lee YS, Chang YC, Wu HC, Liao CY, Chen WH, Deng JN, Wang YH. Fructobacillus apis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5613. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5762.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008

Assigned by: Chen YS, Wang LT, Lin ST, Lee YS, Chang YC, Wu HC, Liao CY, Chen WH, Deng JN, Wang YH. Fructobacillus apis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5613. 🇹🇼

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