Name: Marihabitans asiaticum Kageyama et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.si.a’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. asiaticum, of Asia, the source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18935; HG667; JCM 16543; MBIC 7497

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB286025 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kageyama A, Haga T, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Marihabitans asiaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2429-2432.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Marihabitans Kageyama et al. 2008. Publication: Kageyama A, Haga T, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Marihabitans asiaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2429-2432.
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is classified as Intrasporangiaceae and affiliates with Dermacoccaceae, Ornithinimicrobiaceae and Kytococcaceae; and they are susceptible to being reclassified as another family". 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.
  • The epithet asiaticum is a "L. neut. adj.", not a "N.L. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Kageyama et al. 2008. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Marihabitans Kageyama et al. 2008

Assigned by: Kageyama A, Haga T, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Marihabitans asiaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2429-2432.

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