Name: Wukongibacter baidiensis Li et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bai.di.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. baidiensis, pertaining to Baidi-1 Hydrothermal Field, on the Southwest Indian Ridge, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DY30321; KCTC 15549; MCCC 1A01532

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KT783480 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li G, Zeng X, Liu X, Zhang X, Shao Z. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4355-4361.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Wukongibacter Li et al. 2016. Publication: Li G, Zeng X, Liu X, Zhang X, Shao Z. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4355-4361.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Wukongibacter Li et al. 2016

Assigned by: Li G, Zeng X, Liu X, Zhang X, Shao Z. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4355-4361.

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