Name: Polynucleobacter victoriensis Hahn et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vic.to.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. victoriensis, of or belonging to Lake Victoria, the lake from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: wik-to-ri-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21486; JCM 32005; MWH VicM1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ550651 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Asiyo GS, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Whitman WB. Reclassification of a Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus strain isolated from tropical Lake Victoria as Polynucleobacter victoriensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5087-5093.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus Hahn et al. 2010. Publication: Hahn MW, Lang E, Brandt U, Lunsdorf H, Wu QL, Stackebrandt E. Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus sp. nov., free-living planktonic bacteria inhabiting freshwater lakes and rivers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:166-173. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Asiyo GS, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Whitman WB. Reclassification of a Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus strain isolated from tropical Lake Victoria as Polynucleobacter victoriensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5087-5093.

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Record number: 796332