Species Pedobacter indicus

Name: Pedobacter indicus He et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, of India, referring to the Indian Ocean, where the type strain was isolated (neuter indicum also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-do-BAK-ter IN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2018198; KCTC 62798; SM1810

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH542420 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: He XY, Li N, Chen XL, Zhang YZ, Zhang XY, Song XY. Pedobacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:357-364. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Albibacterium indicum (He et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Albibacterium indicum (He et al. 2020) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Pedobacter indicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pedobacter.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Pedobacter Steyn et al. 1998

Assigned by: He XY, Li N, Chen XL, Zhang YZ, Zhang XY, Song XY. Pedobacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:357-364. 🇨🇳

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Species Pedobacter indicus