Name: Aquiflexum aquatile Wang et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.le. L. neut. adj. aquatile, living in water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-le, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 62450; MCCC 1H00328; Z0201

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16S rRNA gene: MG520323 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang XT, Wang XM, Zheng WS, Zhang XK, Du ZJ. Aquiflexum aquatile sp. nov., isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1947-1952. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cognataquiflexum aquatile (Wang et al. 2019) Gao et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cognataquiflexum aquatile (Wang et al. 2019) Gao et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aquiflexum aquatile 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 Aquiflexum.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004

Assigned by: Wang XT, Wang XM, Zheng WS, Zhang XK, Du ZJ. Aquiflexum aquatile sp. nov., isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1947-1952. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 801284