Name: Fundibacter jadensis Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.den’sis. L. masc. n. fundus, the base, in this case the sea bed; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Fundibacter, rod of the base; N.L. masc./fem. adj. jadensis, referring to the region Jade which forms part of the bay "Jadebusen", which belongs to the German North Sea coast

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700854; CECT 5356; DSM 12178; T9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ001150 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bruns A, Berthe-Corti L. Fundibacter jadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new slightly halophilic bacterium, isolated from intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:441-448.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcanivorax jadensis (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcanivorax jadensis (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999. Publication: Bruns A, Berthe-Corti L. Fundibacter jadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new slightly halophilic bacterium, isolated from intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:441-448.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Fundibacter jadensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Fundibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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: Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999

Assigned by: Bruns A, Berthe-Corti L. Fundibacter jadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new slightly halophilic bacterium, isolated from intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:441-448.

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Record number: 776331