Name: Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.me.ni.a.cum. L. neut. n. armeniacum, an apricot, a rod called the apricot, intended to mean apricot-coloured (sic) (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26026; KCTC 22132; MBIC 8286; YM 11-185

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB359907 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:982-986.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:982-986.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008

Assigned by: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:982-986.

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Record number: 787322