Name: Vogesella amnigena Chen et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.ni’ge.na. N.L. fem. adj. amnigena, born in a river, intended to mean coming from water, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the Beishi River, located in Pingtung, Taiwan

Pronunciation, gender: am-NI-ge-na, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80887; KCTC 42195; LMG 28419; Npb-02

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LK056648 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Chen JC, Wang C, Huang CW, Sheu SY. Vogesella amnigena sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3634-3640.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06212 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Vogesella Grimes et al. 1997

Assigned by: Chen WM, Chen JC, Wang C, Huang CW, Sheu SY. Vogesella amnigena sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3634-3640.

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Record number: 793318