Name: Microlunatus phosphovorus Nakamura et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phos.pho.vo.rus. L. masc. n. phosphorus, the morning-star and, in chemistry, phosphorus (P); from Gr. masc./fem. adj. phôsphoros, the light-bringer; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -vorus, devouring; N.L. masc. adj. phosphovorus, intended to mean phosphorus-accumulating (sic) microorganism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700054; CIP 104466; DSM 10555; HAMBI 2303; JCM 9379; NBRC 101784; NM-1; VKM Ac-1990

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16S rRNA gene: Z78207 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura K, Hiraishi A, Yoshimi Y, Kawaharasaki M, Masuda K, Kamagata Y. Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:17-22.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995. Publication: Nakamura K, Hiraishi A, Yoshimi Y, Kawaharasaki M, Masuda K, Kamagata Y. Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:17-22.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 25 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Nakamura K, Hiraishi A, Yoshimi Y, Kawaharasaki M, Masuda K, Kamagata Y. Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:17-22.

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Record number: 778152