Name: Terrabacter terrigena Yoon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.ri’ge.na. N.L. masc./fem. n. terrigena, child of the earth, earth-born, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 57508; DSM 23140; JCM 31984; KCTC 19602; ON10

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ423552 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Park S, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Kim W. Terrabacter terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2798-2802.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Park S, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Kim W. Terrabacter terrigena sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2798-2802.

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Record number: 788180