Name: Actinophytocola xinjiangensis Guo et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, a province of north-west China, the source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.4663; DSM 45854; NBRC 106673; QAIII60

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU274339 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guo X, Qiu D, Ruan J, Huang Y. Actinophytocola xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from virgin forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2928-2932.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02027 (N = 14).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Actinophytocola Indananda et al. 2010

Assigned by: Guo X, Qiu D, Ruan J, Huang Y. Actinophytocola xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from virgin forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2928-2932.

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