Name: Olivibacter jilunii Chen et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ji.lu’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. jilunii, of Ji-Lun, to honour Ji-Lun Li, a respected Chinese microbiologist, for his enormous contributions to the development of microbiology in China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 14-2A; CCTCC AB 2010105; KCTC 23098

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ848949 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen K, Tang SK, Wang GL, Nie GX, Li QF, Zhang JD, Li WJ, Li SP. Olivibacter jilunii sp. nov., isolated from DDT-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1083-1088.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided by Chen et al. 2013, the neo-Latin noun jilunii is erroneously cited as jilun. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Olivibacter Ntougias et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chen K, Tang SK, Wang GL, Nie GX, Li QF, Zhang JD, Li WJ, Li SP. Olivibacter jilunii sp. nov., isolated from DDT-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1083-1088.

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Record number: 790585