Name: Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.sep.ta’tus. L. masc. adj. multus, much; L. masc. adj. septatus, fenced; N.L. masc. adj. multiseptatus, much fenced, with many septa

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AA-826; CIP 106529; DSM 44406; JCM 12207

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y18646 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mevs U, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Gallikowski CA, Hirsch P. Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:337-346.

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

• Emendations:
  • Reddy et al. 2007 Reddy GS, Potrafka RM, Garcia-Pichel F. Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2014-2020. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019 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. 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.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000. Publication: Mevs U, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Gallikowski CA, Hirsch P. Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:337-346.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000

Assigned by: Mevs U, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Gallikowski CA, Hirsch P. Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:337-346.

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