Name: Macromonas bipunctata (ex Gicklhorn 1920) Dubinina and Grabovich 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: bi.punc.ta.ta. L. adv. bis, twice; L. fem. perf. part. puncta, pricked, punctured (also as noun); from L. v. pungo; L. fem. adj. suff. -ata, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. fem. adj. bipunctata, twice punctate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 12705; VKM 1366

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB077037 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dubinina GA, Grabovich MY. Isolation, cultivation and characteristics of Macromonas bipunctata. Mikrobiologiya 1984; 53:748-755.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In Validation List 31, "Mikrobiologiya, 1984, 53, 748-755." is erroneously cited as "Mikrobiologiya, 1989, 53, 748-755.". — Touzel JP. Personal communication, 2009-05-06.

Parent taxon: Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dubinina GA, Grabovich MY. Isolation, cultivation and characteristics of Macromonas bipunctata. Mikrobiologiya 1984; 53:748-755.

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Record number: 777641