Name: Shinella yambaruensis Matsui et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: yam.ba.ru.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. yambaruensis, referring to the Yambaru area of Okinawa Prefecture, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: yam-ba-ru-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 18801; MS4; NBRC 102122

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16S rRNA gene: AB285481 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Matsui T, Shinzato N, Tamaki H, Muramatsu M, Hanada S. Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov., a 3-methyl-sulfolane-assimilating bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:536-539.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Shinella An et al. 2006

Assigned by: Matsui T, Shinzato N, Tamaki H, Muramatsu M, Hanada S. Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov., a 3-methyl-sulfolane-assimilating bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:536-539.

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Record number: 787758