Name: Gemmobacter intermedius Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.ter.me’di.us. L. masc. adj. intermedius, in the middle, referring to the fact that the species is grouped between Gemmobacter and Rhodobacter and Roseinatronobacter and Roseibaca on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 119/4; CCM 8510; CIP 110795; DSM 28642; LMG 28215

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM407667 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Jerzak L, Wilharm G, Golke J, Busse HJ, Glaeser SP. Gemmobacter intermedius sp. nov., isolated from a white stork (Ciconia ciconia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:778-783.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Falsigemmobacter intermedius (Kämpfer et al. 2015) Li et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falsigemmobacter intermedius (Kämpfer et al. 2015) Li et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Gemmobacter intermedius is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Gemmobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species G. aquatilis, and is susceptible to being reclassified within the genus Paenirhodobacter". 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: Gemmobacter Rothe et al. 1988

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Jerzak L, Wilharm G, Golke J, Busse HJ, Glaeser SP. Gemmobacter intermedius sp. nov., isolated from a white stork (Ciconia ciconia). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:778-783.

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