Name: Prosthecomicrobium enhydrum Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.hy’drum. N.L. neut. adj. enhydrum, living in water, aquatic [probably better: enydrum]; from Gr. neut. adj. enydron, living in or by water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-HY-drum, neuter

Type strain: 9b; ATCC 23634; DSM 8908; JCM 21106; NBRC 102409; VKM B-1376

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681765 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1921-1942.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Devosia enhydra (Staley 1968) Park et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Devosia enhydra (Staley 1968) Park et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vasilyevaea enhydra (Staley 1968) Yee et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Prosthecomicrobium enhydrum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Prosthecomicrobium.
  • 😷 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. — 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.

Parent taxon: Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1921-1942.

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Record number: 779859