Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingobacterium alimentarium

Name: Sphingobacterium alimentarium Schmidt et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.li.men.ta’ri.um. L. neut. adj. alimentarium, pertaining to food

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 22362; LMG 25273; WCC 4521

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16S rRNA gene: FN908502 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schmidt VS, Wenning M, Scherer S. Sphingobacterium lactis sp. nov. and Sphingobacterium alimentarium sp. nov., isolated from raw milk and a dairy environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1506-1511.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Assigned by: Schmidt VS, Wenning M, Scherer S. Sphingobacterium lactis sp. nov. and Sphingobacterium alimentarium sp. nov., isolated from raw milk and a dairy environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1506-1511.

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Record number: 790011
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