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Species Pedobacter kyungheensis
Name: Pedobacter kyungheensis Yang et al. 2015
Etymology: ky.ung.he.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kyungheensis, of Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Pronunciation, gender: ky-un͡g-he-EN-sis, masculine
Type strain: KACC 16221; LMG 26577; THG T17
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JN196132
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Yang JE, Shin JY, Park SY, T Mavlonov G, Yi EJ, Lee EH, Lee JM, Yi TH. Pedobacter kyungheensis sp. nov., with ginsenoside converting activity. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:309-316. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
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Hahnke et al. 2016
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
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Notes:
- 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Pedobacter Steyn et al. 1998
Assigned by:
Yang JE, Shin JY, Park SY, T Mavlonov G, Yi EJ, Lee EH, Lee JM, Yi TH. Pedobacter kyungheensis sp. nov., with ginsenoside converting activity. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:309-316.
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Record number: 792482
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