Name: Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum Groth et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi.phi.lum. L. fem. n. humus, soil; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. humiphilum, loving soil

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 106634; DSM 12362; HKI 124; JCM 11540

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16S rRNA gene: KT989854 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Weiss N, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete with L-ornithine in the peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:81-87.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ornithinimicrobium Groth et al. 2001. Publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Weiss N, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete with L-ornithine in the peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:81-87.
  • 📧 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the etymology of the specific epithet, "L. adj. humo (sic), from soil" must be changed to "L. n. humus, soil". Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Ornithinimicrobium Groth et al. 2001

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Weiss N, Schuetze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Ornithinimicrobium humiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete with L-ornithine in the peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:81-87.

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