Name: Isoptericola cucumis Kämpfer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu’cu.mis. L. masc. n. cucumis, of the cucumber (also as genitive)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KU-ku-mis, masculine

Type strain: AP-38; DSM 101603; LMG 29223

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU201961 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Kloepper JW, Hu CH, McInroy JA, Martin K, Busse HJ. Isoptericola cucumis sp. nov., isolated from the root tissue of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2784-2788. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Kloepper JW, Hu CH, McInroy JA, Martin K, Busse HJ. Isoptericola cucumis sp. nov., isolated from the root tissue of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2784-2788. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 794313