Name: Zimmermannella alba Lin et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 50212; IAM 14724; IFO 15616; JCM 12865; LMG 31817; NBRC 15616; TISTR 1510

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB012590 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin YC, Uemori K, de Briel DA, Arunpairojana V, Yokota A. Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1669-1676.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudoclavibacter albus" (Lin et al. 2004) Vandamme et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Rule 37a (1), Zimmermannella alba Lin et al. 2004 cannot be maintained in the genus Zimmermannella (see Zimmermannella). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Zimmermannella Lin et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lin YC, Uemori K, de Briel DA, Arunpairojana V, Yokota A. Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1669-1676.

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