Name: Segetibacter koreensis An et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. koreensis, of Korea, from where the novel organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18137; Gsoil 664; KCTC 12655

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB267478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An DS, Lee HG, Im WT, Liu QM, Lee ST. Segetibacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from the soil of a ginseng field in South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1828-1833.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Segetibacter An et al. 2007. Publication: An DS, Lee HG, Im WT, Liu QM, Lee ST. Segetibacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from the soil of a ginseng field in South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1828-1833.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Segetibacter An et al. 2007

Assigned by: An DS, Lee HG, Im WT, Liu QM, Lee ST. Segetibacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from the soil of a ginseng field in South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1828-1833.

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