Name: "Actinotelluria brasiliensis" Goodfellow et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. brasiliensis, referring to Brasil (Brazil) [probably better: brasilensis]

Pronunciation (Latin): … bra-si-li-EN-sis

Nomenclatural type: CECT 8402; DSM 44526; Tu6233; Tü 6233

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ029102 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, Busse H-J, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K-i, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer New York, New York, NY, 2012. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Klenkia brasiliensis (Bertazzo et al. 2014) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klenkia brasiliensis (Bertazzo et al. 2014) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geodermatophilus brasiliensis Bertazzo et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: [Actinotelluria]

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, Busse H-J, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K-i, Ludwig W, Whitman WB. Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer New York, New York, NY, 2012. 🇬🇧

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