Name: Terrabacter aeriphilus Weon et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ri.phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. aeriphilus, air-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 5414T-18; DSM 18563; JCM 17687; KACC 20693; NBRC 109777

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU573947 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Son JA, Yoo SH, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt R, Stackebrandt E. Terrabacter aeriphilus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1130-1134.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Assigned by: Weon HY, Son JA, Yoo SH, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt R, Stackebrandt E. Terrabacter aeriphilus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1130-1134.

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Record number: 788526