Name: Nautella italica Vandecandelaere et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ta’li.ca. L. fem. adj. italica, from Italy, where this species was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55857; CECT 7645; DSM 26436; LMG 24365

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM904562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phaeobacter italicus (Vandecandelaere et al. 2009) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeobacter italicus (Vandecandelaere et al. 2009) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nautella Vandecandelaere et al. 2009. Publication: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817.
  • ❗ Nautella italica 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 Nautella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Nautella Vandecandelaere et al. 2009

Assigned by: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817.

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