Name: Ramlibacter monticola Chaudhary and Kim 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. mons (gen. montis), mountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. monticola, living in the mountains

Gender: masculine

Type strain: G-3-2; JCM 31918; KACC 19175; KEMB 9005-573

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY313410 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Ramlibacter monticola sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4468-4474.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus together with R. humi". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Ramlibacter Heulin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Ramlibacter monticola sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4468-4474.

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Record number: 796220