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)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-ra-BAK-ter ter-RI-ge-na, masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05094 (N = 10).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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