Name: Keratinibaculum paraultunense Huang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.ul.tun.en’se. Gr. prep. para, beside, near; N.L. neut. adj. ultunense, a bacterial-specific epithet; N.L. neut. adj. paraultunense, near (Clostridium) ultunense, phylogenetically related to C. ultunense

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 26752; JCM 18769; KD-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC188660 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang Y, Sun Y, Ma S, Chen L, Zhang H, Deng Y. Isolation and characterization of Keratinibaculum paraultunense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 345:56-63.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Keratinibaculum Huang et al. 2015. Publication: Huang Y, Sun Y, Ma S, Chen L, Zhang H, Deng Y. Isolation and characterization of Keratinibaculum paraultunense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 345:56-63.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Keratinibaculum Huang et al. 2015

Assigned by: Huang Y, Sun Y, Ma S, Chen L, Zhang H, Deng Y. Isolation and characterization of Keratinibaculum paraultunense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 345:56-63.

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