Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Name: Elstera Rahalkar et al. 2012
Etymology: El’ster.a. N.L. fem. n. Elstera, named after Hans-Joachim Elster, a German limnologist working on Lake Constance who was one of the first to establish the importance of the littoral zone for the lake ecosystem
Gender: feminine (stem: Elster-)
Type species: Elstera litoralis Rahalkar et al. 2012
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Rahalkar M, Bahulikar RA, Deutzmann JS, Kroth PG, Schink B. Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1750-1754.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Elstera cyanobacteriorum Cai et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Elstera litoralis Rahalkar et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/elsteraLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 518230