Name: Parafilimonas terrae Kim et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of/from soil

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5GHs7-2; DSM 28286; KACC 17343

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF934397 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SJ, Park JH, Lim JM, Ahn JH, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3040-3045.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014. Publication: Kim SJ, Park JH, Lim JM, Ahn JH, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3040-3045.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kim SJ, Park JH, Lim JM, Ahn JH, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3040-3045.

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