Name: Actinocrinis puniceicyclus Kim et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.ni.ce.i.cy’clus. L. masc. adj. puniceus, reddish, red, purple-coloured; L. masc. n. cyclus, a circle; N.L. masc. n. puniceicyclus, purple circle

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2771; DSM 45618; OB1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR775984 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim JJ, Marjerrison CE, Cornish Shartau SL, Brady AL, Sharp CE, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Grasby SE, Dunfield PF. Actinocrinis puniceicyclus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from an acidic spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:602-609.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1621-1622.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinocrinis Kim et al. 2017. Publication: Kim JJ, Marjerrison CE, Cornish Shartau SL, Brady AL, Sharp CE, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Grasby SE, Dunfield PF. Actinocrinis puniceicyclus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from an acidic spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:602-609.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Actinocrinis Kim et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kim JJ, Marjerrison CE, Cornish Shartau SL, Brady AL, Sharp CE, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Grasby SE, Dunfield PF. Actinocrinis puniceicyclus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from an acidic spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:602-609.

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