Name: Luteimicrobium album Hamada et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

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

See detailed strain information at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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Record number: 790400