Species Okibacterium fritillariae

Name: Okibacterium fritillariae Evtushenko et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.til.la’ri.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. fritillariae, of Fritillaria, generic name of plant, the source of isolation of the type strain of the species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 15271; IFO 16404; JCM 12284; NBRC 16404; VKM Ac-2059

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB042094 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Evtushenko LI, Dorofeeva LV, Krausova VI, Gavrish EY, Yashina SG, Takeuchi M. Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:987-993. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Okibacterium Evtushenko et al. 2002. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Dorofeeva LV, Krausova VI, Gavrish EY, Yashina SG, Takeuchi M. Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:987-993. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 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 phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Okibacterium Evtushenko et al. 2002

Assigned by: Evtushenko LI, Dorofeeva LV, Krausova VI, Gavrish EY, Yashina SG, Takeuchi M. Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:987-993. 🇷🇺

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