Name: Isoptericola jiangsuensis Wu et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jiang.su.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. jiangsuensis, referring to Jiangsu, East Province, PR China, from where the organism was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208287; CLG; DSM 21863

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU852101 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu Y, Li WJ, Tian W, Zhang LP, Xu L, Shen QR, Shen B. Isoptericola jiangsuensis sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:904-908.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Wu Y, Li WJ, Tian W, Zhang LP, Xu L, Shen QR, Shen B. Isoptericola jiangsuensis sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:904-908.

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