Name: Ramlibacter tataouinensis Heulin et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ta.ta.oui.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tataouinensis, pertaining to Tataouine, Tunisia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-407; DSM 14655; LMG 21543; TTB310

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF144383 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heulin T, Barakat M, Christen R, Lesourd M, Sutra L, De Luca G, Achouak W. Ramlibacter tataouinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ramlibacter henchirensis sp. nov., cyst-producing bacteria isolated from subdesert soil in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:589-594.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ramlibacter Heulin et al. 2003. Publication: Heulin T, Barakat M, Christen R, Lesourd M, Sutra L, De Luca G, Achouak W. Ramlibacter tataouinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ramlibacter henchirensis sp. nov., cyst-producing bacteria isolated from subdesert soil in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:589-594.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ramlibacter Heulin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Heulin T, Barakat M, Christen R, Lesourd M, Sutra L, De Luca G, Achouak W. Ramlibacter tataouinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ramlibacter henchirensis sp. nov., cyst-producing bacteria isolated from subdesert soil in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:589-594.

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Record number: 780330