Name: Tistrella mobilis Shi et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Gender: feminine

Type strain: IAM 14872; JCM 21370; NBRC 102134; TISTR 1108

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB071665 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shi BH, Arunpairojana V, Palakawong S, Yokota A. Tistrella mobilis gen nov, sp nov, a novel polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium belonging to alpha-Proteobacteria. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:335-343.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tistrella Shi et al. 2003. Publication: Shi BH, Arunpairojana V, Palakawong S, Yokota A. Tistrella mobilis gen nov, sp nov, a novel polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium belonging to alpha-Proteobacteria. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:335-343.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species together with T. bauzanensis are classified within the Geminicoccaceae and are susceptible to being reclassified as a different family". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Tistrella Shi et al. 2003

Assigned by: Shi BH, Arunpairojana V, Palakawong S, Yokota A. Tistrella mobilis gen nov, sp nov, a novel polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium belonging to alpha-Proteobacteria. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:335-343.

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