Name: Undibacterium amnicola Chen et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.ni’co.la. L. gen. masc. n. amnis, a stream, a small river; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, an inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. amnicola, an inhabitant of a stream (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … am-NI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81009; KCTC 52442; KYPY9; LMG 29730

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT890093 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Hsieh TY, Young CC, Sheu SY. Undibacterium amnicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5094-5101. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Affinundibacterium amnicola (Chen et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Affinundibacterium amnicola (Chen et al. 2017) Ma et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Undibacterium amnicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Undibacterium.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Undibacterium Kämpfer et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chen WM, Hsieh TY, Young CC, Sheu SY. Undibacterium amnicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater stream. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5094-5101. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 796283