Name: Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum Eder et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go.car.bo.ni’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, few, little, small; L. masc. n. carbo (gen. carbonis), charcoal and in chemistry carbon; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. oligocarboniphilum, loving low carbon substrate concentrations

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 57265; DSM 21777; EM 1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ379228 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eder W, Wanner G, Ludwig W, Busse HJ, Ziemke-Kageler F, Lang E. Description of Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum sp. nov., isolated from purified water, and Undibacterium pigrum strain CCUG 49012 as the type strain of Undibacterium parvum sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Undibacterium and the species Undibacterium pigrum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:384-391.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08302 (N = 13).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Undibacterium Kämpfer et al. 2007

Assigned by: Eder W, Wanner G, Ludwig W, Busse HJ, Ziemke-Kageler F, Lang E. Description of Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum sp. nov., isolated from purified water, and Undibacterium pigrum strain CCUG 49012 as the type strain of Undibacterium parvum sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Undibacterium and the species Undibacterium pigrum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:384-391.

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Record number: 789061