Name: Janibacter cremeus Hamada et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre’me.us. N.L. masc. adj. cremeus, cream-white, referring to the colony colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26154; HR08-44; NBRC 107693

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16S rRNA gene: AB778259 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Shibata C, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Hayakawa M, Suzuki K. Janibacter cremeus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3687-3690.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

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 5 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: Hamada M, Shibata C, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Hayakawa M, Suzuki K. Janibacter cremeus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3687-3690.

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Record number: 791162