Name: Janibacter limosus Martin et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mo’sus. L. masc. adj. limosus, full of mud, muddy, pertaining to sludge, the natural habitat of the species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700321; CCUG 37980; CIP 105276; DSM 11140; HKI 83; IFO 16128; JCM 10980; NBRC 16128

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16S rRNA gene: Y08539 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martin K, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Schuetze B, Groth I. Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new actinomycete with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:529-534.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Janibacter Martin et al. 1997. Publication: Martin K, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Schuetze B, Groth I. Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new actinomycete with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:529-534.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Martin K, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Schuetze B, Groth I. Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new actinomycete with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:529-534.

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