Name: Sporobacter termitidis Grech-Mora et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.mi’ti.dis. L. masc. n. termes (gen. termitis), wood-eating worm; N.L. gen. masc. n. termitidis, pertaining to the termite

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 10068; SYR

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16S rRNA gene: Z49863 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Grech-Mora I, Fardeau ML, Patel BKC, Ollivier B, Rimbault A, Prensier G, Garcia JL, Garnier-Sillam E. Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:512-518.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sporobacter Grech-Mora et al. 1996. Publication: Grech-Mora I, Fardeau ML, Patel BKC, Ollivier B, Rimbault A, Prensier G, Garcia JL, Garnier-Sillam E. Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:512-518.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sporobacter Grech-Mora et al. 1996

Assigned by: Grech-Mora I, Fardeau ML, Patel BKC, Ollivier B, Rimbault A, Prensier G, Garcia JL, Garnier-Sillam E. Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:512-518.

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