Name: Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum Niu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan, a plant polymer; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. adj. xylanilyticum, xylan-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: xy-la-ni-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5080; DSM 23310; JCM 15035; PML14

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16S rRNA gene: EF522948 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Niu L, Song L, Liu X, Dong X. Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2698-2701.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006

Assigned by: Niu L, Song L, Liu X, Dong X. Tepidimicrobium xylanilyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium, and emended description of the genus Tepidimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2698-2701.

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Record number: 788179