Name: Isoptericola variabilis (Bakalidou et al. 2002) Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002

Etymology: va.ri.a’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. variabilis, variable, as cells can be rods or cocci

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wa-ri-A-bi-lis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-303; DSM 10177; JCM 11754; KCTC 9985; MX5; NBRC 104115

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB489221 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Cui XL. Reclassification of Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002 as Isoptericola variabilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:685-688. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Cellulomonas variformis" Priya et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Cui XL. Reclassification of Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002 as Isoptericola variabilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:685-688. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Stackebrandt et al. 2004, Isoptericola variabilis is cited as Isoptericola variabilis corrig. (sic), comb. nov. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Cui XL. Reclassification of Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002 as Isoptericola variabilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:685-688. 🇩🇪

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