Name: Planobispora takensis Ngaemthao et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tak.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. takensis, of Tak province in Thailand, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A-T 7458; BCC 48396; DSM 46863; NBRC 109077

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC865732 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ngaemthao W, Suriyachadkun C, Chunhametha S, Niemhom N, Thawai C, Sanglier JJ. Planobispora takensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1180-1185.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21578 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Planobispora Thiemann and Beretta 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ngaemthao W, Suriyachadkun C, Chunhametha S, Niemhom N, Thawai C, Sanglier JJ. Planobispora takensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1180-1185.

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Record number: 791709