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./fem. adj. variabilis, variable, as cells can be rods or cocci

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information 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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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