Name: Lysinimicrobium pelophilum Hamada et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. pelophilum, mud-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 28148; HI12-111; NBRC 109393

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC042204 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Shibata C, Saitou S, Tamura T, Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hosoyama A, Fujita N, Yamamura H, et al. Proposal of nine novel species of the genus Lysinimicrobium and emended description of the genus Lysinimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4394-4402.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Demequina pelophila (Hamada et al. 2015) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Demequina pelophila (Hamada et al. 2015) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lysinimicrobium pelophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lysinimicrobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Lysinimicrobium Hamada et al. 2012

Assigned by: Hamada M, Shibata C, Saitou S, Tamura T, Komaki H, Ichikawa N, Oguchi A, Hosoyama A, Fujita N, Yamamura H, et al. Proposal of nine novel species of the genus Lysinimicrobium and emended description of the genus Lysinimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4394-4402.

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