Name: Tetragenococcus osmophilus Justé et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: os.mo.phi’lus. N.L. masc. adj. osmophilus, osmophile, impulse-loving; from Gr. n. o -smos, impulse; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23765; LMG 26041; T1

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16S rRNA gene: EU522083 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Juste A, Van Trappen S, Verreth C, Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, Lievens B, Willems KA. Characterization of Tetragenococcus strains from sugar thick juice reveals a novel species, Tetragenococcus osmophilus sp. nov., and divides Tetragenococcus halophilus into two subspecies, T. halophilus subsp. halophilus subsp. nov. and T. halophilus subsp. flandriensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:129-137.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

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: Tetragenococcus Collins et al. 1993

Assigned by: Juste A, Van Trappen S, Verreth C, Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, Lievens B, Willems KA. Characterization of Tetragenococcus strains from sugar thick juice reveals a novel species, Tetragenococcus osmophilus sp. nov., and divides Tetragenococcus halophilus into two subspecies, T. halophilus subsp. halophilus subsp. nov. and T. halophilus subsp. flandriensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:129-137.

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Record number: 789648