Name: Rhizobacter gummiphilus Imai et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gum.mi.phi’lus. L. neut. n. gummi, rubber; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. gummiphilus, preferring rubber

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCC 58006; NBRC 109400; NS21

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16S rRNA gene: AB609313 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Imai S, Yoshida R, Endo Y, Fukunaga Y, Yamazoe A, Kasai D, Masai E, Fukuda M. Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov., a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in Japan. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:199-205.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 169. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1913-1915.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Piscinibacter gummiphilus (Imai et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Piscinibacter gummiphilus (Imai et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhizobacter gummiphilus 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 Rhizobacter.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhizobacter Goto and Kuwata 1988

Assigned by: Imai S, Yoshida R, Endo Y, Fukunaga Y, Yamazoe A, Kasai D, Masai E, Fukuda M. Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov., a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in Japan. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:199-205.

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