Name: Modestobacter muralis Trujillo et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8845; DSM 100205; MDVD1

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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