Name: Humibacter antri Lee 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an’tri. L. gen. neut. n. antri, of a cave, referring to the sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: D7-27; DSM 25738; JCM 31974; KCTC 33009

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16S rRNA gene: HF570028 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD. Humibacter antri sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a natural cave, and emended description of the genus Humibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4315-4319.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Humibacter Vaz-Moreira et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lee SD. Humibacter antri sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a natural cave, and emended description of the genus Humibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4315-4319.

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Record number: 791240