Name: Aquamicrobium ahrensii Lipski and Kämpfer 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ah.ren’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ahrensii, of Ahrens, named after the German microbiologist Dr Alfons Ahrens who isolated and characterized the strains of this species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 905/1; CCUG 55251; DSM 19730

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM884149 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lipski A, Kampfer P. Aquamicrobium ahrensii sp. nov. and Aquamicrobium segne sp. nov., isolated from experimental biofilters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2511-2516.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aquamicrobium Bambauer et al. 1998

Assigned by: Lipski A, Kampfer P. Aquamicrobium ahrensii sp. nov. and Aquamicrobium segne sp. nov., isolated from experimental biofilters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2511-2516.

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Record number: 790213