Name: Ornithinicoccus hortensis Groth et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hor.ten’sis. L. masc. n. hortus, garden; L. masc./fem. adj. hortensis, referring to the place where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-9; CCUG 43142; CIP 106364; DSM 12335; HKI 125; IFO 16434; JCM 11538; KHI 0125; NBRC 16434

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16S rRNA gene: Y17869 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Kramer I, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1717-1724.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999. Publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Kramer I, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1717-1724.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Kramer I, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1717-1724.

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Record number: 779008