Name: Micropruina glycogenica Shintani et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. glycogenum, glycogen; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. glycogenica, pertaining to glycogen, referring to the ability to accumulate glycogen

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15918; JCM 10248; Lg2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB012607 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000. Publication: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000

Assigned by: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207.

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Record number: 778230