Name: Microbacter margulisiae Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mar.gu.lis’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. margulisiae, of Margulis, named after Lynn Margulis

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ADRI; DSM 27471; JCM 19374

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LM643867 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez-Andrea I, Sanz JL, Stams AJ. Microbacter margulisiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionigenic bacterium isolated from sediments of an acid rock drainage pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3936-3942.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:739-740.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Microbacter Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2014. Publication: Sanchez-Andrea I, Sanz JL, Stams AJ. Microbacter margulisiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionigenic bacterium isolated from sediments of an acid rock drainage pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3936-3942.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus may be reclassified within Paludibacter". 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: Microbacter Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2014

Assigned by: Sanchez-Andrea I, Sanz JL, Stams AJ. Microbacter margulisiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionigenic bacterium isolated from sediments of an acid rock drainage pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3936-3942.

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Record number: 792362