Name: Ochrobactrum pituitosum Huber et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.tu.i.to’sum. L. neut. adj. pituitosum, slimy, referring to the consistency of the colonies after extended incubation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 50899; DSM 22207

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM490609 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber B, Scholz HC, Kampfer P, Falsen E, Langer S, Busse HJ. Ochrobactrum pituitosum sp. nov., isolated from an industrial environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:321-326.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brucella pituitosa (Huber et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brucella pituitosa (Huber et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ochrobactrum pituitosum 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 Ochrobactrum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Ochrobactrum Holmes et al. 1988

Assigned by: Huber B, Scholz HC, Kampfer P, Falsen E, Langer S, Busse HJ. Ochrobactrum pituitosum sp. nov., isolated from an industrial environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:321-326.

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