Name: Isobaculum melis Collins et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me’lis. L. fem. n. meles, badger; L. gen. fem. n. melis, of the badger

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 37660; DSM 13760; M577-94

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ302648 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E, Weiss N. Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:207-210.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Isobaculum Collins et al. 2002. Publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E, Weiss N. Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:207-210.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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: Isobaculum Collins et al. 2002

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E, Weiss N. Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:207-210.

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