Name: Bavariicoccus seileri Schmidt et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sei’ler.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. seileri, of Seiler, named in honour of Herbert Seiler, former microbiologist of the Technical University of Munich with great merit in FT-IR spectroscopic identification of micro-organisms

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55508; DSM 19936; WCC 4188

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM177901 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schmidt VS, Mayr R, Wenning M, Glockner J, Busse HJ, Scherer S. Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2437-2443.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bavariicoccus Schmidt et al. 2009. Publication: Schmidt VS, Mayr R, Wenning M, Glockner J, Busse HJ, Scherer S. Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2437-2443.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Bavariicoccus Schmidt et al. 2009

Assigned by: Schmidt VS, Mayr R, Wenning M, Glockner J, Busse HJ, Scherer S. Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2437-2443.

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