Name: Gulosibacter chungangensis Park et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chung.ang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. chungangensis, named after Chung-Ang University, where the taxonomic studies on this species were performed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^hun͡g-an͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CAU 9625; CCUG 60841; DSM 26462; KCTC 13959

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16S rRNA gene: HQ268603 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park MH, Traiwan J, Jung MY, Kim W. Gulosibacter chungangensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a marine sediment, and emended description of the genus Gulosibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1055-1060. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gulosibacter Manaia et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park MH, Traiwan J, Jung MY, Kim W. Gulosibacter chungangensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a marine sediment, and emended description of the genus Gulosibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1055-1060. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 789863