Name: Herbinix hemicellulosilytica Koeck et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.mi.cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. hemicellulosum, hemicellulose; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. hemicellulosilytica, hemicellulose dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8801; DSM 29228; T3/55

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN626355 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Koeck DE, Ludwig W, Wanner G, Zverlov VV, Liebl W, Schwarz WH. Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2365-2371.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Herbinix Koeck et al. 2015. Publication: Koeck DE, Ludwig W, Wanner G, Zverlov VV, Liebl W, Schwarz WH. Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2365-2371.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Herbinix Koeck et al. 2015

Assigned by: Koeck DE, Ludwig W, Wanner G, Zverlov VV, Liebl W, Schwarz WH. Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2365-2371.

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Record number: 793089