Species Ornithinibacillus xuwenensis

Name: Ornithinibacillus xuwenensis Li et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: xu.we.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xuwenensis, of Xuwen county, Guangdong province, China, where the type strain was isolated [probably better: xuwensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-ni-t^hi-ni-ba-KIL-lus xu-we-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 1 6A2E; GDMCC 1.4379; JCM 36753

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP106242 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li M, Hu X, Ni Y, Ni T, Li F, Xue D. Ornithinibacillus xuwenensis sp. nov., A Novel Thermotolerant Bacterium Isolated from Mangrove Sediment. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:141. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09369 (N = 67).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Li M, Hu X, Ni Y, Ni T, Li F, Xue D. Ornithinibacillus xuwenensis sp. nov., A Novel Thermotolerant Bacterium Isolated from Mangrove Sediment. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:141. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 62231