Name: Anaeroselena Prokofeva et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: An.ae.ro.se.le’na. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air (gen. aeros); Gr. fem. n. selênê, the moon; N.L. fem. n. Anaeroselena, a moon-shaped organism not living in air

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Anaeroselen-), an-a͡e-ro-se-LE-na

Type species: Anaeroselena agilis Prokofeva et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prokofeva MI, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Kachmazov GS, Toshchakov SV, Frolov EN, Podosokorskaya OA. Anaeroselena agilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Sulfite- and Arsenate-Respiring Bacterium Within the Family Acetonemataceae Isolated from a Thermal Spring of North Ossetia. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:71. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Prokofeva et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Acetonemataceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Prokofeva MI, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Novikov AA, Kachmazov GS, Toshchakov SV, Frolov EN, Podosokorskaya OA. Anaeroselena agilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Sulfite- and Arsenate-Respiring Bacterium Within the Family Acetonemataceae Isolated from a Thermal Spring of North Ossetia. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:71. 🇷🇺
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anaeroselena agilis Prokofeva et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sporomusaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 56460