Name: Verminephrobacter eiseniae Pinel et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.i.se’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. eiseniae, of Eisenia, a reference to being the nephridial symbiont of the earthworm species Eisenia foetida

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wer-mi-ne-p^hro-BAK-ter e-i-SE-ni-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1489; DSM 19249; EF01-2

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Valid publication: Pinel N, Davidson SK, Stahl DA. Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2147-2157. 🇺🇸

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Verminephrobacter Pinel et al. 2012. Publication: Pinel N, Davidson SK, Stahl DA. Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2147-2157. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication (IJSEM 58:2155), the type strain is wrongly cited as DSM 19286; the correct DSM No is DSM 19249. Publication: Pinel N, Davidson SK, Stahl DA. Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2147-2157. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 According to Dr. B.J. Tindall (DSMZ), the type strain must be the strain EF01-2 = ATCC BAA-1489 = DSM 19249, not the strain EF01-2 = ATCC BAA-1489 = DSM 19286 as cited in the paper by Pinel et al. 2008. — Tindall BJ. Personal communication, 2008-09-10.
  • 🧍 In the original publication the DSM number that is given, DSM 19286, is the type strain of Lysobacter capsici. Consequently the original publication does not meet the requirements of rules of the Bacteriological Code governing the deposit of the type strain in two different culture collections in two different countries. This affects valid publication of the genus name and species combination. The correct DSM number of the type strain of the type species appears on 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.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2013; 63:796. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Verminephrobacter Pinel et al. 2012

Assigned by: Pinel N, Davidson SK, Stahl DA. Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2147-2157. 🇺🇸

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