Name: Silvimonas iriomotensis Muramatsu et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ri.o.mot.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. iriomotensis, pertaining to Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.8859; DSM 24036; ir6-1; KCTC 22513; NBRC 103188

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16S rRNA gene: AB326110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Muramatsu Y, Suzuki K, Nakagawa Y. Silvimonas iriomotensis sp. nov. and Silvimonas amylolytica sp. nov., new members of the class Betaproteobacteria isolated from the subtropical zone in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:174-178.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005

Assigned by: Muramatsu Y, Suzuki K, Nakagawa Y. Silvimonas iriomotensis sp. nov. and Silvimonas amylolytica sp. nov., new members of the class Betaproteobacteria isolated from the subtropical zone in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:174-178.

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Record number: 788319