Name: Aquirufa echingensis Pitt et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ching.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. echingensis, pertaining to Eching, near Salzburg in Austria

Pronunciation, gender: e-k^hin͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 117799; JCM 37096; PLAD-142S6K

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16S rRNA gene: PQ394676 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Oren A, Reichl S, Hahn MW. Aquirufa esocilacus sp. nov., Aquirufa originis sp. nov., Aquirufa avitistagni, and Aquirufa echingensis sp. nov. discovered in small freshwater habitats in Austria during a citizen science project. Arch Microbiol 2025; 207:71.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06714 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

Parent taxon: Aquirufa Pitt et al. 2019

Assigned by: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Oren A, Reichl S, Hahn MW. Aquirufa esocilacus sp. nov., Aquirufa originis sp. nov., Aquirufa avitistagni, and Aquirufa echingensis sp. nov. discovered in small freshwater habitats in Austria during a citizen science project. Arch Microbiol 2025; 207:71.

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