Species Luteimicrobium album

Name: Luteimicrobium album Hamada et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bum. L. neut. adj. album, white

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-te-i-mi-KRO-bi-um AL-bum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 24866; NBRC 106348; RI148-Li105

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB646194 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hamada M, Yamamura H, Komukai C, Tamura T, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Luteimicrobium album sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a lichen collected in Japan, and emended description of the genus Luteimicrobium. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2012; 65:427-431. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and with L. xylanilyticum is susceptible to being reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Luteimicrobium Hamada et al. 2010

Assigned by: Hamada M, Yamamura H, Komukai C, Tamura T, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Luteimicrobium album sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a lichen collected in Japan, and emended description of the genus Luteimicrobium. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2012; 65:427-431. 🇯🇵

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