Name: Olivibacter ginsenosidimutans Siddiqi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.se.no.si.di.mu’tans. N.L. neut. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. pres. part. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. masc. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BS18; JCM 18200; KACC 16612

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ349042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Siddiqi MZ, Liu Q, Lee SY, Choi KD, Im WT. Olivibacter ginsenosidimutans sp nov., with ginsenoside converting activity isolated from compost, and reclassification of Pseudosphingobacterium domesticum as Olivibacter domesticus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2509-2514.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Olivibacter Ntougias et al. 2007

Assigned by: Siddiqi MZ, Liu Q, Lee SY, Choi KD, Im WT. Olivibacter ginsenosidimutans sp nov., with ginsenoside converting activity isolated from compost, and reclassification of Pseudosphingobacterium domesticum as Olivibacter domesticus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2509-2514.

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Record number: 797743