Name: Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae Lund et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.por.rec.to.de.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. aporrectodeae, of Aporrectodea, a reference to being the nephridial symbiont of earthworms of the genus Aporrectodea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: At4; DSM 21361; LMG 25313

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ214186 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lund MB, Schatzle S, Schramm A, Kjeldsen KU. Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae sp. nov. subsp. tuberculatae and subsp. caliginosae, the specific nephridial symbionts of the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata and A. caliginosa. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:507-514. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae subsp. tuberculatae" Lund et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the authors describe the two subspecies Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae subsp. tuberculatae and Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae subsp. caliginosae. These proposals are not in accordance with the Rules 13d and 46 of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision) and they do not appear in Validation List 148. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae subsp. caliginosae" Lund et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    "Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae subsp. tuberculatae" Lund et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Verminephrobacter Pinel et al. 2012

Assigned by: Lund MB, Schatzle S, Schramm A, Kjeldsen KU. Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae sp. nov. subsp. tuberculatae and subsp. caliginosae, the specific nephridial symbionts of the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata and A. caliginosa. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:507-514. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 790177