Name: Planobacterium taklimakanense Peng et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tak.li.ma.kan.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. taklimakanense, pertaining to the desert of Taklimakan, Xinjiang, China, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208154; NRRL B-51322; X-65

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU718058 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Peng F, Liu M, Zhang L, Dai J, Luo X, An H, Fang C. Planobacterium taklimakanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae that exhibits swimming motility, isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1672-1678.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chryseobacterium taklimakanense (Peng et al. 2009) Holmes et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chryseobacterium taklimakanense (Peng et al. 2009) Holmes et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nicholson et al. 2020 Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Planobacterium Peng et al. 2009. Publication: Peng F, Liu M, Zhang L, Dai J, Luo X, An H, Fang C. Planobacterium taklimakanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae that exhibits swimming motility, isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1672-1678.
  • ❗ Planobacterium taklimakanense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Planobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Planobacterium Peng et al. 2009

Assigned by: Peng F, Liu M, Zhang L, Dai J, Luo X, An H, Fang C. Planobacterium taklimakanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae that exhibits swimming motility, isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1672-1678.

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