Name: Prosthecobacter dejongeii Hedlund et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.jonge’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dejongeii, named in honor of Klaaske de Jonge, a Dutch microbiologist who studied Prosthecobacter

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27091; DSM 12251; FC1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U60012 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980

Assigned by: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.

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Record number: 779852