Species Fulvivirga imtechensis

Name: Fulvivirga imtechensis Nupur et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: im.te.chen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. imtechensis, of or belonging to IMTECH, arbitrary adjective formed from the acronym of the Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh (IMTECH), where the isolate was characterised

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ful-wi-WIR-ga im-te-K^HEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AK7; JCM 17390; MTCC 11053

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR687203 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nupur, Sharma S, Kumar Singh P, Suresh K, Anil Kumar P. Fulvivirga imtechensis sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2213-2217. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19746 (N = 1).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Fulvivirga Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007

Assigned by: Nupur, Sharma S, Kumar Singh P, Suresh K, Anil Kumar P. Fulvivirga imtechensis sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2213-2217. 🇮🇳

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