Name: Phenylobacterium deserti Khan et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, of a desert, referring to where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2016297; DSM 103871; YIM 73061

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC193944 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan IU, Hussain F, Habib N, Wadaan MAM, Ahmed I, Im WT, Hozzein WN, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Phenylobacterium deserti sp. nov., isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4722-4727.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985

Assigned by: Khan IU, Hussain F, Habib N, Wadaan MAM, Ahmed I, Im WT, Hozzein WN, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Phenylobacterium deserti sp. nov., isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4722-4727.

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