Name: Tomitella biformata Katayama et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.for.ma’ta. L. fem. adj. biformata, two-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bi-for-MA-ta, feminine

Type strain: AHU 1821; DSM 45403; NBRC 106253

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB491283 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Katayama T, Kato T, Tanaka M, Douglas TA, Brouchkov A, Abe A, Sone T, Fukuda M, Asano K. Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2803-2807. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010. Publication: Katayama T, Kato T, Tanaka M, Douglas TA, Brouchkov A, Abe A, Sone T, Fukuda M, Asano K. Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2803-2807. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010

Assigned by: Katayama T, Kato T, Tanaka M, Douglas TA, Brouchkov A, Abe A, Sone T, Fukuda M, Asano K. Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2803-2807. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 788940