Name: Schlegelella aquatica Chou et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17557; LMG 23380; wcf1

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16S rRNA gene: DQ417336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou YJ, Sheu SY, Sheu DS, Wang JT, Chen WM. Schlegelella aquatica sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2793-2797.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Caldimonas aquatica (Chou et al. 2006) Lu and Chen 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Caldimonas aquatica" (Chou et al. 2006) Musilova et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Caldimonas aquatica (Chou et al. 2006) Lu and Chen 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Schlegelella aquatica 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 Schlegelella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Schlegelella Elbanna et al. 2003

Assigned by: Chou YJ, Sheu SY, Sheu DS, Wang JT, Chen WM. Schlegelella aquatica sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2793-2797.

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