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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Blastochloris tepida

Name: Blastochloris tepida Madigan et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te’pi.da. L. fem. adj. tepida, lukewarm

Pronunciation, gender: TE-pi-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-138; DSM 106918; GI

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16S rRNA gene: MG725814 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Madigan MT, Resnick SM, Kempher ML, Dohnalkova AC, Takaichi S, Wang-Otomo ZY, Toyoda A, Kurokawa K, Mori H, Tsukatani Y. Blastochloris tepida, sp. nov., a thermophilic species of the bacteriochlorophyll b-containing genus Blastochloris. Arch Microbiol 2019; 201:1351-1359.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 192. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1443-1446.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Blastochloris Hiraishi 1997

Assigned by: Madigan MT, Resnick SM, Kempher ML, Dohnalkova AC, Takaichi S, Wang-Otomo ZY, Toyoda A, Kurokawa K, Mori H, Tsukatani Y. Blastochloris tepida, sp. nov., a thermophilic species of the bacteriochlorophyll b-containing genus Blastochloris. Arch Microbiol 2019; 201:1351-1359.

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Record number: 5355
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