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Species Pontibacter lucknowensis
Name: Pontibacter lucknowensis Dwivedi et al. 2013
Etymology: luck.no.wen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lucknowensis, of or belonging to Lucknow
Pronunciation, gender: lukk-no-WEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: CCM 7955; DM9; DSM 25474; MTCC 11079
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JN561788
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Dwivedi V, Niharika N, Lal R. Pontibacter lucknowensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:309-313. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
Parent taxon: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Dwivedi V, Niharika N, Lal R. Pontibacter lucknowensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:309-313. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 790451
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