Name: Humibacter albus Vaz-Moreira et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 54538; DSM 18994; JCM 16029; LMG 23996; SC 83

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM494541 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaz-Moreira I, Nobre MF, Ferreira AC, Schumann P, Nunes OC, Manaia CM. Humibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1014-1018.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Humibacter Vaz-Moreira et al. 2008. Publication: Vaz-Moreira I, Nobre MF, Ferreira AC, Schumann P, Nunes OC, Manaia CM. Humibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1014-1018.
  • 😷 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 4 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: Humibacter Vaz-Moreira et al. 2008

Assigned by: Vaz-Moreira I, Nobre MF, Ferreira AC, Schumann P, Nunes OC, Manaia CM. Humibacter albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1014-1018.

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