Name: Isoptericola dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dok.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, of or belonging to Dokdo, Korea, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … dok-do-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 108921; DS-3; JCM 15137; KCTC 19128

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ387860 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Schumann P, Kang SJ, Jung SY, Oh TK. Isoptericola dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2893-2897. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04066 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Schumann P, Kang SJ, Jung SY, Oh TK. Isoptericola dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2893-2897. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 785763