Name: Shimazuella kribbensis Park et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: krib.ben’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kribbensis, pertaining to KRIBB, an arbitrary adjective formed from the acronym of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, KRIBB, where the taxonomic studies on this new genus and novel species were performed

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A 9500; DSM 45090; JCM 14729; KCTC 9933

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB049939 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park DJ, Dastager SG, Lee JC, Yeo SH, Yoon JH, Kim CJ. Shimazuella kribbensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic representative of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2660-2664.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Shimazuella Park et al. 2007. Publication: Park DJ, Dastager SG, Lee JC, Yeo SH, Yoon JH, Kim CJ. Shimazuella kribbensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic representative of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2660-2664.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Shimazuella Park et al. 2007

Assigned by: Park DJ, Dastager SG, Lee JC, Yeo SH, Yoon JH, Kim CJ. Shimazuella kribbensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic representative of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2660-2664.

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Record number: 786906