Name: Zhihengliuella alba Tang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the white colour of colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21143; JCM 16961; KCTC 19375; NBRC 109061; YIM 90734

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB778263 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lou K, Cao LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella alba sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2025-2031.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species, and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lou K, Cao LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella alba sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2025-2031.

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Record number: 788045