Name: Litoribacter populi Wang et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po’pu.li. L. gen. fem. n. populi, of a poplar, pertaining to Populus, the Latin name for the poplars that grow in the forest from which the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-to-ri-BAK-ter PO-pu-li, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2017159; KCTC 62045; XAAS-A1

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16S rRNA gene: MN209790 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wang N, Sayim G, Hou M, Sun J, Ahmat M, Tang Q, Yang H, Wang W, Zhang Z, Osman G. Litoribacter populi sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus euphratica forest. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:5011-5016. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 228. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7052.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.34690 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Litoribacter Tian et al. 2010

Assigned by: Wang N, Sayim G, Hou M, Sun J, Ahmat M, Tang Q, Yang H, Wang W, Zhang Z, Osman G. Litoribacter populi sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus euphratica forest. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:5011-5016. 🇨🇳

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