Name: Sheuella amnicola (Sheu et al. 2020) Hahn et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Orrella amnicola Sheu et al. 2020

Etymology: am.ni’co.la. L. gen. masc. n. amnis, a stream, a small river; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, an inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. amnicola, an inhabitant of a river

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he͡u-EL-la am-NI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 81197; LMG 31338; NBD-18

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK272950 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Wolf J, Whitman WB, Bodelier PLE, Neumann-Schaal M. Zwartia hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Jezberella montanilacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sheuella amnicola gen. nov., comb. nov., representing the environmental GKS98 (betIII) cluster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5513. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Orrella amnicola Sheu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Orrella amnicola Sheu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sheuella Hahn et al. 2022. Publication: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Wolf J, Whitman WB, Bodelier PLE, Neumann-Schaal M. Zwartia hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Jezberella montanilacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sheuella amnicola gen. nov., comb. nov., representing the environmental GKS98 (betIII) cluster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5513. 🇦🇹
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CCUG 56422; DSM 107630.
  • ❗ Sheuella amnicola 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 Sheuella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sheuella Hahn et al. 2022

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Wolf J, Whitman WB, Bodelier PLE, Neumann-Schaal M. Zwartia hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Jezberella montanilacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sheuella amnicola gen. nov., comb. nov., representing the environmental GKS98 (betIII) cluster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5513. 🇦🇹

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