Name: Planifilum fimeticola Hatayama et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.me.ti.co’la. L. neut. n. fimetum, a dung-hill and, by extension, compost; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. fimeticola, inhabitant of compost, referring to the habitat of the type strain (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-969; DSM 44946; H0165; JCM 12507

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB088364 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hatayama K, Shoun H, Ueda Y, Nakamura A. Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2101-2104.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Jiang et al. 2019 Jiang Z, Xiao M, Yang LL, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Genome-based taxonomic classification within the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2028-2036. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Planifilum Hatayama et al. 2005. Publication: Hatayama K, Shoun H, Ueda Y, Nakamura A. Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2101-2104.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Planifilum Hatayama et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hatayama K, Shoun H, Ueda Y, Nakamura A. Planifilum fimeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Planifilum fulgidum sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Thermoactinomycetaceae' isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2101-2104.

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