Species Octadecabacter temperatus

Name: Octadecabacter temperatus Billerbeck et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: tem.pe.ra’tus. L. masc. part. adj. temperatus, moderate, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a latitude with moderate temperature

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ok-ta-de-ka-BAK-ter tem-pe-RA-tus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26878; LMG 27946; SB1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF836544 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Billerbeck S, Orchard J, Tindall BJ, Giebel HA, Brinkhoff T, Simon M. Description of Octadecabacter temperatus sp. nov., isolated from the southern North Sea, emended descriptions of the genus Octadecabacter and its species and reclassification of Octadecabacter jejudonensisPark and Yoon 2014 as Pseudooctadecabacter jejudonensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1967-1974. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. — 🧍 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: Octadecabacter Gosink et al. 1998

Assigned by: Billerbeck S, Orchard J, Tindall BJ, Giebel HA, Brinkhoff T, Simon M. Description of Octadecabacter temperatus sp. nov., isolated from the southern North Sea, emended descriptions of the genus Octadecabacter and its species and reclassification of Octadecabacter jejudonensisPark and Yoon 2014 as Pseudooctadecabacter jejudonensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1967-1974. 🇩🇪

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