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

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-RI-p^hi-lus, 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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