Species Herbaspirillum aquaticum

Name: Herbaspirillum aquaticum Dobritsa et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living in water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: her-ba-spi-RIL-lum a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1628; DSM 21191; IEH 4430

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ267649 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dobritsa AP, Reddy MC, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Herbaspirillum putei as a later heterotypic synonym of Herbaspirillum huttiense, with the description of H. huttiense subsp. huttiense subsp. nov. and H. huttiense subsp. putei subsp. nov., comb. nov., and description of Herbaspirillum aquaticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1418-1426. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1987-1988.

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Dobritsa AP, Reddy MC, Samadpour M. Reclassification of Herbaspirillum putei as a later heterotypic synonym of Herbaspirillum huttiense, with the description of H. huttiense subsp. huttiense subsp. nov. and H. huttiense subsp. putei subsp. nov., comb. nov., and description of Herbaspirillum aquaticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1418-1426. 🇺🇸

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