Name: Phenylobacterium hankyongense Choi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: han.kyong.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. hankyongense, pertaining to Hankyong National University Republic of Korea, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were performed

Gender: neuter

Type strain: HKS-05; KACC 18628; LMG 30081

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT950746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi GM, Lee SY, Choi KD, Im WT. Phenylobacterium hankyongense sp. nov., isolated from ginseng field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:125-130.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985

Assigned by: Choi GM, Lee SY, Choi KD, Im WT. Phenylobacterium hankyongense sp. nov., isolated from ginseng field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:125-130.

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