Name: Phytohabitans houttuyneae Inahashi et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hout.tuy.ne’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. houttuyneae, of Houttuynea, referring to the isolation of the strain from Houttuynea cordata

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCC 48147; DSM 45864; JCM 17830; K11-0057; NBRC 108639

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663560 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Inahashi Y, Matsumoto A, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Phytohabitans flavus sp. nov., Phytohabitans rumicis sp. nov. and Phytohabitans houttuyneae sp. nov., isolated from plant roots, and emended description of the genus Phytohabitans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2717-2723.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13746 (N = 19).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phytohabitans Inahashi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Inahashi Y, Matsumoto A, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Phytohabitans flavus sp. nov., Phytohabitans rumicis sp. nov. and Phytohabitans houttuyneae sp. nov., isolated from plant roots, and emended description of the genus Phytohabitans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2717-2723.

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Record number: 790302