Name: Orbus hercynius Volkmann et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.cy’ni.us. N.L. masc. adj. hercynius, pertaining to Hercynia, name of the Harz Mountains, Germany

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 57622; CN 3; DSM 22228

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ612598 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Volkmann M, Skiebe E, Kerrinnes T, Faber F, Lepka D, Pfeifer Y, Holland G, Bannert N, Wilharm G. Orbus hercynius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from faeces of wild boar, is most closely related to members of the orders 'Enterobacteriales' and Pasteurellales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2601-2605.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010. Publication: Volkmann M, Skiebe E, Kerrinnes T, Faber F, Lepka D, Pfeifer Y, Holland G, Bannert N, Wilharm G. Orbus hercynius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from faeces of wild boar, is most closely related to members of the orders 'Enterobacteriales' and Pasteurellales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2601-2605.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010

Assigned by: Volkmann M, Skiebe E, Kerrinnes T, Faber F, Lepka D, Pfeifer Y, Holland G, Bannert N, Wilharm G. Orbus hercynius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from faeces of wild boar, is most closely related to members of the orders 'Enterobacteriales' and Pasteurellales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2601-2605.

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