Name: Geodermatophilus nigrescens Nie et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.gres’cens. L. part. adj. nigrescens, becoming black

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 2011015; DSM 45408; DSM 45677; JCM 18056; YIM 75980

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN188947 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nie GX, Ming H, Li S, Zhou EM, Cheng J, Yu TT, Zhang J, Feng HG, Tang SK, Li WJ. Geodermatophilus nigrescens sp. nov., isolated from a dry-hot valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:811-817.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 147. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2045-2047.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2017 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nie GX, Ming H, Li S, Zhou EM, Cheng J, Yu TT, Zhang J, Feng HG, Tang SK, Li WJ. Geodermatophilus nigrescens sp. nov., isolated from a dry-hot valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:811-817.

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Record number: 790041