Name: Herminiimonas fonticola Fernandes et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant of a place, a resident (from Latin masculine or feminine noun incola); N.L. masc./fem. n. fonticola, an inhabitant of a fountain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 52513; CIP 108398; DSM 18555; LMG 22527; S-94

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY676462 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fernandes C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Pinhal I, Folhas F, da Costa MS. Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:596-603.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Herminiimonas Fernandes et al. 2005. Publication: Fernandes C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Pinhal I, Folhas F, da Costa MS. Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:596-603.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided in the effective publication, the Latin nominative noun fons is erroneously cited as fontis (fontis is the genitive and means of a fountain). Validation List no. 106 in IJSEM Online. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Parent taxon: Herminiimonas Fernandes et al. 2005

Assigned by: Fernandes C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Pinhal I, Folhas F, da Costa MS. Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:596-603.

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