Name: Janthinobacterium kumbetense Inan Bektas et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kum.be.ten’se. N.L. neut. adj. kumbetense, pertaining to Kumbet, a plateau in Giresun, Turkey, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: kum-be-TEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 114233; GK; LMG 32662

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16S rRNA gene: MZ434955 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Inan Bektas K, Nalcaoglu A, Kati H, Ceylan E, Nalcacioglu R, Belduz AO, Canakci S. Janthinobacterium kumbetense sp. nov., a violacein-producing bacterium isolated from spring water in Turkey, and investigation of antimicrobial activity of violacein. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 370:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 11423.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-04-15.

Parent taxon: Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Inan Bektas K, Nalcaoglu A, Kati H, Ceylan E, Nalcacioglu R, Belduz AO, Canakci S. Janthinobacterium kumbetense sp. nov., a violacein-producing bacterium isolated from spring water in Turkey, and investigation of antimicrobial activity of violacein. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 370:0.

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