Name: Skermanella aerolata Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.la’ta. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; L. masc. perf. part. latus, carried; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerolata, airborne

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5416T-32; DSM 18479; KACC 11604

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ672568 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Joa JH, Nam SS, Lee KH, Kwon SW. Skermanella aerolata sp. nov., isolated from air, and emended description of the genus Skermanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1539-1542.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Skermanella Sly and Stackebrandt 1999

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Joa JH, Nam SS, Lee KH, Kwon SW. Skermanella aerolata sp. nov., isolated from air, and emended description of the genus Skermanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1539-1542.

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Record number: 786511