Name: Rhodanobacter umsongensis Kim et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: um.song.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. umsongensis, referring to the Umsong Region in Korea, where the bacteria were first found

Pronunciation, gender: … um-son͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21300; GR24-2; KACC 12917

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ821731 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim YS, Kim SJ, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Rhodanobacter umsongensis sp. nov., isolated from a Korean ginseng field. J Microbiol 2013; 51:258-261. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodanobacter Nalin et al. 1999

Assigned by: Kim YS, Kim SJ, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Rhodanobacter umsongensis sp. nov., isolated from a Korean ginseng field. J Microbiol 2013; 51:258-261. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 790823