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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 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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