Name: Terrabacter aerolatus Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro’la.tus. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; L. masc. perf. part. latus, carried (also as adjective); N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-RO-la-tus, masculine

Type strain: 5516J-36; DSM 18562; JCM 16379; KACC 20556

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF212039 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Kim BY, Song J, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Terrabacter aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2106-2109. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08565 (N = 8).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Assigned by: Weon HY, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Kim BY, Song J, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Terrabacter aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2106-2109. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786690