Name: Limnohabitans planktonicus Kasalický et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plank.to’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. planktonicus, living in the plankton, planktonic; from Gr. masc. adj. planktos, wandering

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109844; DSM 21594; II-D5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM165535 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kasalicky V, Jezbera J, Simek K, Hahn MW. Limnohabitans planktonicus sp. nov. and Limnohabitans parvus sp. nov., planktonic betaproteobacteria isolated from a freshwater reservoir, and emended description of the genus Limnohabitans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2710-2714.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00416 (N = 30).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Limnohabitans Hahn et al. 2010

Assigned by: Kasalicky V, Jezbera J, Simek K, Hahn MW. Limnohabitans planktonicus sp. nov. and Limnohabitans parvus sp. nov., planktonic betaproteobacteria isolated from a freshwater reservoir, and emended description of the genus Limnohabitans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2710-2714.

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Record number: 788954