Name: Ornithinibacillus scapharcae Shin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sca.phar’cae. N.L. fem. n. Scapharca, a scientific zoological generic name; N.L. gen. fem. n. scapharcae, of Scapharca, isolated from the ark clam Scapharca inaequivalvis

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26677; JCM 17314; KACC 15116; TW25

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ171440 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shin NR, Whon TW, Kim MS, Roh SW, Jung MJ, Kim YO, Bae JW. Ornithinibacillus scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:147-154.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11048 (N = 75).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Shin NR, Whon TW, Kim MS, Roh SW, Jung MJ, Kim YO, Bae JW. Ornithinibacillus scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:147-154.

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Record number: 790263