Name: Klenkia Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Klen’ki.a. N.L. fem. n. Klenkia, named in honor of Hans-Peter Klenk, Professor at Newcastle University (United Kingdom) in recognition of his contributions to bacterial systematics including the promotion of studies in Geodermatophilaceae

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Klenki-), KLEN-ki-a

Type species: Klenkia marina Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; JCM: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; TBRC: 1; CECT: 1; CGMCC: 1; CCTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Klenkia brasiliensis (Bertazzo et al. 2014) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klenkia marina Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klenkia sesuvii Chantavorakit et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klenkia soli (Jin et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klenkia taihuensis (Qu et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Klenkia terrae (Jin et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006

Assigned by: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. 🇬🇧

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