Name: Micropruina glycogenica Shintani et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.co.ge’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. glycogenum, glycogen; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. glycogenica, pertaining to glycogen, referring to the ability to accumulate glycogen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gly-ko-GE-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15918; JCM 10248; Lg2

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16S rRNA gene: AB012607 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207. 🇯🇵

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 Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000. Publication: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207. 🇯🇵
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000

Assigned by: Shintani T, Liu WT, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Miyaoka S, Suzuki T, Nakamura K. Micropruina glycogenica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive glycogen-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:201-207. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778230