Name: Hydrobacter penzbergensis Eder et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: penz.ber.gen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. penzbergensis, referring to the town of Penzberg (Germany), where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62278; DSM 25353; EM 4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ717375 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eder W, Peplies J, Wanner G, Fruhling A, Verbarg S. Hydrobacter penzbergensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from purified water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:920-926.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hydrobacter Eder et al. 2015. Publication: Eder W, Peplies J, Wanner G, Fruhling A, Verbarg S. Hydrobacter penzbergensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from purified water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:920-926.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Hydrobacter Eder et al. 2015

Assigned by: Eder W, Peplies J, Wanner G, Fruhling A, Verbarg S. Hydrobacter penzbergensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from purified water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:920-926.

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