Name: Myroides xuanwuensis Zhang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xu.an.wu.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xuanwuensis, referring to Xuanwu district, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: xu-an-wu-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013145; DSM 27251; JCM 19200; TH-19

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF947513 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang ZD, He LY, Huang Z, Sheng XF. Myroides xuanwuensis sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:621-624.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Myroides odoratimimus subsp. xuanwuensis (Zhang et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Myroides odoratimimus subsp. xuanwuensis (Zhang et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Myroides xuanwuensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Myroides.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: Zhang ZD, He LY, Huang Z, Sheng XF. Myroides xuanwuensis sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:621-624.

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