Name: Arenicella xantha Romanenko et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xan’tha. N.L. fem. adj. xantha, yellow-coloured; from Gr. fem. adj. xanthê

Pronunciation, gender: XAN-t^ha, feminine

Type strain: DSM 24032; JCM 16153; KMM 3895; NRIC 759

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB500096 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Arenicella xantha gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine sandy sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1832-1836.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010. Publication: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Arenicella xantha gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine sandy sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1832-1836.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Arenicella xantha gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine sandy sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1832-1836.

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