Name: Agaricicola taiwanensis Chu et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.wan.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17964; CCM 7684; CC-SBABM117

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ594057 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chu JN, Arun AB, Chen WM, Chou JH, Shen FT, Rekha PD, Kampfer P, Young LS, Lin SY, Young CC. Agaricicola taiwanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the edible mushroom Agaricus blazei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2032-2035.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agaricicola Chu et al. 2010. Publication: Chu JN, Arun AB, Chen WM, Chou JH, Shen FT, Rekha PD, Kampfer P, Young LS, Lin SY, Young CC. Agaricicola taiwanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the edible mushroom Agaricus blazei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2032-2035.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the Rhodobacteraceae but affiliates among Hyphomicrobiales". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Agaricicola Chu et al. 2010

Assigned by: Chu JN, Arun AB, Chen WM, Chou JH, Shen FT, Rekha PD, Kampfer P, Young LS, Lin SY, Young CC. Agaricicola taiwanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the edible mushroom Agaricus blazei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2032-2035.

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