Species Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum

Name: Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum Eder et al. 2011

Category, proposed as: species, 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: un-di-bak-TE-ri-um o-li-go-kar-bo-NI-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 57265; DSM 21777; EM 1

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: synonym

Correct name: Cognatundibacterium oligocarboniphilum (Eder et al. 2011) Lu et al. 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cognatundibacterium oligocarboniphilum (Eder et al. 2011) Lu et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum 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 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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