Name: Luteimicrobium xylanilyticum Kim et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.ni.ly.ti’cum. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan, a plant polymer; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. adj. xylanilyticum, xylan-dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 18090; KCTC 19882; W-15

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ039191 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim H, Oh HW, Kim JA, Park DS, Park HM, Bae KS. Luteimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a long-horned beetle, Massicus raddei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1401-1405.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and is susceptible to being reclassified as a new genus together with L. album". 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: Kim H, Oh HW, Kim JA, Park DS, Park HM, Bae KS. Luteimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a long-horned beetle, Massicus raddei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1401-1405.

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Record number: 791693