Name: Intestinirhabdus alba Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the colour of the colonies of type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … AL-ba, feminine

Type strain: BIT- B35; CGMCC 1.17042; KCTC 72448

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16S rRNA gene: MK734184 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu Z, Xia M, Huo YX, Yang Y. Intestinirhabdus alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of plastic-eating larvae of the Coleoptera insect Zophobas atratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4951-4959. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Intestinirhabdus Xu et al. 2020. Publication: Xu Z, Xia M, Huo YX, Yang Y. Intestinirhabdus alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of plastic-eating larvae of the Coleoptera insect Zophobas atratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4951-4959. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Intestinirhabdus Xu et al. 2020

Assigned by: Xu Z, Xia M, Huo YX, Yang Y. Intestinirhabdus alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from the gut of plastic-eating larvae of the Coleoptera insect Zophobas atratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4951-4959. 🇨🇳

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