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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … plank-TO-ni-kus, 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 = 25).
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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