Name: Orbus sasakiae Kim et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.sa’ki.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sasakiae, of Sasakia, isolated from the midgut of a butterfly (Sasakia charonda in the order Lepidoptera)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C7; DSM 27928; JCM 18050; KACC 16544

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN561614 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim JY, Lee J, Shin NR, Yun JH, Whon TW, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Roh SW, Hyun DW, Bae JW. Orbus sasakiae sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of the butterfly Sasakia charonda, and emended description of the genus Orbus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1766-1770.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Orbus Volkmann et al. 2010

Assigned by: Kim JY, Lee J, Shin NR, Yun JH, Whon TW, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Roh SW, Hyun DW, Bae JW. Orbus sasakiae sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of the butterfly Sasakia charonda, and emended description of the genus Orbus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1766-1770.

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Record number: 790784