Name: Naxibacter suwonensis Weon et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.wo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. suwonensis, of or belonging to Suwon region, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was found

Pronunciation, gender: … su-wo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 5414S-25; DSM 21311; KACC 12635

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ969487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Yoo SH, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Anandham R, Kwon SW. Massilia jejuensis sp. nov. and Naxibacter suwonensis sp. nov., isolated from air samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1938-1943. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Massilia suwonensis (Weon et al. 2010) Kämpfer et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Telluria suwonensis (Weon et al. 2010) Bowman 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Massilia suwonensis (Weon et al. 2010) Kämpfer et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Naxibacter suwonensis 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 Naxibacter.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Naxibacter Xu et al. 2005

Assigned by: Weon HY, Yoo SH, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Anandham R, Kwon SW. Massilia jejuensis sp. nov. and Naxibacter suwonensis sp. nov., isolated from air samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1938-1943. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788716