Name: Ktedonospora formicarum Yabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mi.ca’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. formicarum, pertaining to ants, referring to its isolation from an ant house

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kte-do-NO-spo-ra for-mi-KA-rum, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 81203; CGMCC 1.17205; SOSP1-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM180154 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yabe S, Zheng Y, Wang CM, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Donadio S, Cavaletti L, Monciardini P. Reticulibacter mediterranei gen. nov., sp. nov., within the new family Reticulibacteraceae fam. nov., and Ktedonospora formicarum gen. nov., sp. nov., Ktedonobacter robiniae sp. nov., Dictyobacter formicarum sp. nov. and Dictyobacter arantiisoli sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4883. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ktedonospora Yabe et al. 2021. Publication: Yabe S, Zheng Y, Wang CM, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Donadio S, Cavaletti L, Monciardini P. Reticulibacter mediterranei gen. nov., sp. nov., within the new family Reticulibacteraceae fam. nov., and Ktedonospora formicarum gen. nov., sp. nov., Ktedonobacter robiniae sp. nov., Dictyobacter formicarum sp. nov. and Dictyobacter arantiisoli sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4883. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Ktedonospora Yabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Yabe S, Zheng Y, Wang CM, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Donadio S, Cavaletti L, Monciardini P. Reticulibacter mediterranei gen. nov., sp. nov., within the new family Reticulibacteraceae fam. nov., and Ktedonospora formicarum gen. nov., sp. nov., Ktedonobacter robiniae sp. nov., Dictyobacter formicarum sp. nov. and Dictyobacter arantiisoli sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4883. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 20117