Name: Janibacter corallicola Kageyama et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ral.li’co.la. L. neut. n. corallum, coral; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. corallicola, coral-dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ko-ral-LI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: 04PA2-Co5-61; DSM 18906; JCM 15571; KACC 21120; MBIC 8265

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB286023 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kageyama A, Takahashi Y, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Omura S. Janibacter corallicola sp. nov., isolated from coral in Palau. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2007; 53:185-189. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 118. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2449-2450.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• 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 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.

Parent taxon: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Kageyama A, Takahashi Y, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Omura S. Janibacter corallicola sp. nov., isolated from coral in Palau. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2007; 53:185-189. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 786872