Name: Fundibacter jadensis Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.den’sis. N.L. masc. adj. jadensis, referring to the region Jade which forms part of the bay "Jadebusen", which belongs to the German North Sea coast

Pronunciation, gender: ja-DEN-sis, masculine

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

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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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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