Name: Puniceibacterium sediminis Zhang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.di’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. sediminis, of sediment

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 29052; LMG 28384; RU-1-R-18

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP136797 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Neuner K, Wu J, Yao J, Margesin R. Puniceibacterium sediminis sp. nov., from intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1462-1466.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11343 (N = 30).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Puniceibacterium Liu et al. 2014

Assigned by: Zhang DC, Neuner K, Wu J, Yao J, Margesin R. Puniceibacterium sediminis sp. nov., from intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1462-1466.

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