Name: Ornithinimicrobium pekingense Liu et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.king.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. pekingense, pertaining to Peking, the former English name of Beijing, where the type strain was isolated and studied

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5362; DSM 21552; JCM 14001; LW6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ512860 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu XY, Wang BJ, Jiang CY, Liu SJ. Ornithinimicrobium pekingense sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:116-119.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ornithinimicrobium Groth et al. 2001

Assigned by: Liu XY, Wang BJ, Jiang CY, Liu SJ. Ornithinimicrobium pekingense sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:116-119.

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Record number: 787146