Name: Modestobacter italicus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ta’li.cus. L. masc. adj. italicus, from Italy, where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BC 501; CECT 9708; DSM 44449

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK020151 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Nouioui I, Igual JM, Sproer C, Castro JF, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Urzi C. Modestobacter italicus sp. nov., isolated from Carrara marble quarry and emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and the species Modestobacter marinus, Modestobacter multiseptatus, Modestobacter roseus and Modestobacter versicolor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1537-1545.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2630-2631.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000

Assigned by: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Nouioui I, Igual JM, Sproer C, Castro JF, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Urzi C. Modestobacter italicus sp. nov., isolated from Carrara marble quarry and emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and the species Modestobacter marinus, Modestobacter multiseptatus, Modestobacter roseus and Modestobacter versicolor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1537-1545.

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Record number: 800230