Name: Aquitalea pelogenes Sedláček et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo’ge.nes. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; Gr. suff. -genes, originating; from L. v. gigno, to create; N.L. fem. part. adj. pelogenes, coming from mud

Pronunciation, gender: pe-LO-ge-nes, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7557; CCUG 67440; LMG 28989; P1297

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC178611 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sedlacek I, Kwon SW, Svec P, Maslan ova I, Kyrova K, Holochova P, Cernohlavkova J, Busse HJ. Aquitalea pelogenes sp. nov., isolated from mineral peloid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:962-967.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14333 (N = 6).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aquitalea Lau et al. 2006

Assigned by: Sedlacek I, Kwon SW, Svec P, Maslan ova I, Kyrova K, Holochova P, Cernohlavkova J, Busse HJ. Aquitalea pelogenes sp. nov., isolated from mineral peloid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:962-967.

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Record number: 793847