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Species Spirosoma radiotolerans

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Cytophagia Cytophagales Spirosomataceae Spirosoma Spirosoma radiotolerans

Name: Spirosoma radiotolerans Lee et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di.o.to’le.rans. L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; from L. masc. n. radius, a beam, ray; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. neut. part. adj. radiotolerans, tolerating radiation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ro-SO-ma ra-di-o-TO-le-rans, neuter

Type strain: DG5A; JCM 19447; KCTC 32455

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16S rRNA gene: KF303585 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lee JJ, Srinivasan S, Lim S, Joe M, Im S, Bae SI, Park KR, Han JH, Park SH, Joo BM, et al. Spirosoma radiotolerans sp. nov., a gamma-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from gamma ray-irradiated soil. Curr Microbiol 2014; 69:286-291. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Spirosoma Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lee JJ, Srinivasan S, Lim S, Joe M, Im S, Bae SI, Park KR, Han JH, Park SH, Joo BM, et al. Spirosoma radiotolerans sp. nov., a gamma-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from gamma ray-irradiated soil. Curr Microbiol 2014; 69:286-291. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 795362

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