Name: Ilumatobacter fluminis Matsumoto et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flu.mi’nis. L. gen. neut. n. fluminis, of a river, Kuiragawa River, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, the origin of the sediment sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18936; JCM 17811; MBIC 8263; YM 22-133

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB360343 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Omura S, Shizuri Y, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter fluminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the sediment of an estuary. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:201-205.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 129. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2129-2130.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ilumatobacter Matsumoto et al. 2009. Publication: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Omura S, Shizuri Y, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter fluminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the sediment of an estuary. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:201-205.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ilumatobacter Matsumoto et al. 2009

Assigned by: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Omura S, Shizuri Y, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter fluminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from the sediment of an estuary. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:201-205.

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