Name: Limnobacter humi Nguyen and Kim 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu’mi. L. gen. fem. n. humi, of humus, referring to the isolation source

Pronunciation, gender: … HU-mi, masculine

Type strain: KACC 18574; NBRC 111650; UCM 39

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16S rRNA gene: KT750338 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Limnobacter humi sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from humus soil, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001. J Microbiol 2017; 55:508-513. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Limnobacter humi sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from humus soil, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001. J Microbiol 2017; 55:508-513. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 795780