Name: Lutibacter profundi Le Moine Bauer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’di. L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of/from the depths of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-ti-BAK-ter pro-FUN-di, masculine

Type strain: DSM 100437; JCM 30586; LP1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP704270 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Le Moine Bauer S, Roalkvam I, Steen IH, Dahle H. Lutibacter profundi sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge and emended description of the genus Lutibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2671-2677. 🇳🇴

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3769-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07171 (N = 91).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Lutibacter Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Le Moine Bauer S, Roalkvam I, Steen IH, Dahle H. Lutibacter profundi sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge and emended description of the genus Lutibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2671-2677. 🇳🇴

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