Name: Modestobacter muralis Trujillo et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ra’lis. L. masc. adj. muralis, pertaining to or belonging to walls

Pronunciation, gender: mu-RA-lis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8845; DSM 100205; MDVD1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN810545 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trujillo ME, Goodfellow M, Busarakam K, Riesco R. Modestobacter lapidis sp. nov. and Modestobacter muralis sp. nov., isolated from a deteriorated sandstone historic building in Salamanca, Spain. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:311-320.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000

Assigned by: Trujillo ME, Goodfellow M, Busarakam K, Riesco R. Modestobacter lapidis sp. nov. and Modestobacter muralis sp. nov., isolated from a deteriorated sandstone historic building in Salamanca, Spain. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:311-320.

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Record number: 793402