Name: Scandinavium hiltneri Maddock et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hilt’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. hiltneri, named in honour of Lorenz Hiltner, the scientist who coined the term ‘rhizosphere’in 1904, from where the majority of original isolates were obtained

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HILT-ne-ri, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 76179; H11S7; LMG 32612

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16S rRNA gene: OM987267 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maddock D, Kile H, Denman S, Arnold D, Brady C. Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1011653. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Scandinavium Marathe et al. 2020

Assigned by: Maddock D, Kile H, Denman S, Arnold D, Brady C. Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1011653. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 36277