Name: Frigoribacterium faeni Kämpfer et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’ni. L. neut. n. faenum, hay; L. gen. neut. n. faeni, of hay

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 801; ATCC BAA-3; DSM 10309; JCM 11265; NBRC 103066

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18807 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Rainey FA, Andersson MA, Nurmiaho Lassila EL, Ulrych U, Busse HJ, Weiss N, Mikkola R, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Frigoribacterium faeni gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:355-363.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frigoribacterium Kämpfer et al. 2000. Publication: Kampfer P, Rainey FA, Andersson MA, Nurmiaho Lassila EL, Ulrych U, Busse HJ, Weiss N, Mikkola R, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Frigoribacterium faeni gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:355-363.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Frigoribacterium Kämpfer et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Rainey FA, Andersson MA, Nurmiaho Lassila EL, Ulrych U, Busse HJ, Weiss N, Mikkola R, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Frigoribacterium faeni gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:355-363.

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