Name: Janibacter terrae Yoon et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-130; CCUG 45369; CIP 107018; CS12; DSM 13876; JCM 10705; KCCM 80001

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16S rRNA gene: AF176948 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Kang SS, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH. Janibacter terrae sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil around a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1821-1827.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Janibacter brevis Imamura et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Lang et al. 2003 Lang E, Kroppenstedt RM, Swiderski J, Schumann P, Ludwig W, Schmid A, Weiss N. Emended description of Janibacter terrae, including ten dibenzofuran-degrading strains and Janibacter brevis as its later heterotypic synonym. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1999-2005. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lang et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Janibacter brevis Imamura et al. 2000. Publication: Lang E, Kroppenstedt RM, Swiderski J, Schumann P, Ludwig W, Schmid A, Weiss N. Emended description of Janibacter terrae, including ten dibenzofuran-degrading strains and Janibacter brevis as its later heterotypic synonym. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1999-2005.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 10 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.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, terrae, is a Latin genitive noun, not a neo-Latin genitive noun as cited in the paper by Yoon et al. 2000. 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: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Kang SS, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH. Janibacter terrae sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil around a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1821-1827.

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