Name: Isoptericola hypogeus Groth et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.po.ge’us. L. masc. adj. hypogeus, underground, referring to the site of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16849; HKI 342; JCM 14325; JCM 15589; NBRC 104396; NCIMB 14033

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB489223 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C, Stackebrandt E. Isoptericola hypogeus sp. nov., isolated from the Roman catacomb of Domitilla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1715-1719.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C, Stackebrandt E. Isoptericola hypogeus sp. nov., isolated from the Roman catacomb of Domitilla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1715-1719.

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Record number: 777045