Name: Olivibacter sitiensis Ntougias et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.ti.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sitiensis, pertaining to Sitia (north-east Crete, Greece) the vicinity in which the olive-oil mill by-product was obtained

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AW-6; CECT 7133; DSM 17696

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ421387 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ntougias S, Fasseas C, Zervakis GI. Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:398-404.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Olivibacter Ntougias et al. 2007. Publication: Ntougias S, Fasseas C, Zervakis GI. Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:398-404.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Olivibacter Ntougias et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ntougias S, Fasseas C, Zervakis GI. Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:398-404.

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