Name: Alienimonas californiensis Boersma et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.li.for.ni.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. californiensis, of California, referring to the isolation of the type strain from California

Pronunciation, gender: ka-li-for-ni-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CA12; DSM 100707; LMG 29076

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16S rRNA gene: MK554521 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boersma AS, Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Rast P, Peeters SH, Mesman RJ, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, et al. Alienimonas californiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated from the kelp forest in Monterey Bay. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1751-1766.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alienimonas Boersma et al. 2021. Publication: Boersma AS, Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Rast P, Peeters SH, Mesman RJ, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, et al. Alienimonas californiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated from the kelp forest in Monterey Bay. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1751-1766.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Alienimonas Boersma et al. 2021

Assigned by: Boersma AS, Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Rast P, Peeters SH, Mesman RJ, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, et al. Alienimonas californiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete isolated from the kelp forest in Monterey Bay. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1751-1766.

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Record number: 18972