Name: Prosthecobacter fluviatilis Takeda et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flu.vi.a’ti.lis. L. masc. adj. fluviatilis, of or belonging to a river

Pronunciation, gender: flu-wi-A-ti-lis, masculine

Type strain: HAQ-1; JCM 14805; KACC 12649; KCTC 22182

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB305640 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeda M, Yoneya A, Miyazaki Y, Kondo K, Makita H, Kondoh M, Suzuki I, Koizumi J. Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1561-1565.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Takeda M, Yoneya A, Miyazaki Y, Kondo K, Makita H, Kondoh M, Suzuki I, Koizumi J. Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1561-1565.

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Record number: 787463