Species Verrucomicrobium spinosum

Name: Verrucomicrobium spinosum Schlesner 1988

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.no’sum. L. neut. adj. spinosum, thorny, spiny

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wer-ru-ko-mi-KRO-bi-um spi-NO-sum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43997; DSM 4136; IFAM 1439

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X90515 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schlesner H. Verrucomicrobium spinosum gen. nov., sp. nov.; a fimbriated prosthecate bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 10:54-56. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988. Publication: Schlesner H. Verrucomicrobium spinosum gen. nov., sp. nov.; a fimbriated prosthecate bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 10:54-56. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 36 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988

Assigned by: Schlesner H. Verrucomicrobium spinosum gen. nov., sp. nov.; a fimbriated prosthecate bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 10:54-56. 🇩🇪

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