Name: Wohlfahrtiimonas populi Li et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po’pu.li. L. gen. fem. n. populi, of the poplar tree

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 34c10-3-10; CFCC 12747; KCTC 52796

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT988034 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Fang W, Xue H, Yang XQ, Xie SJ, Wang LF. Wohlfahrtiimonas populi sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic bark of a Populus x euramericana canker. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4424-4428.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p+". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Wohlfahrtiimonas Tóth et al. 2008

Assigned by: Li Y, Fang W, Xue H, Yang XQ, Xie SJ, Wang LF. Wohlfahrtiimonas populi sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic bark of a Populus x euramericana canker. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4424-4428.

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Record number: 796138