Name: Kytococcus aerolatus Kämpfer et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.la’tus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. masc. perf. part. latus, carried; N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 02-St-019/1; CCM 7639; CCUG 57578; DSM 22179

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM992368 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kampfer P, Martin K, Schafer J, Schumann P. Kytococcus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from indoor air in a room colonized with moulds. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:301-305.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 130. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2647-2648.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The accession number CCUG 57578 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 130. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2647-2648.

Parent taxon: Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Martin K, Schafer J, Schumann P. Kytococcus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from indoor air in a room colonized with moulds. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:301-305.

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