Name: Blastococcus atacamensis Castro et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ta.ca.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. atacamensis, belonging to the Atacama Desert, the source of the isolate

Pronunciation, gender: a-ta-ka-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: NCIMB 15090; NRRL B-65468; P6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX926540 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Castro JF, Nouioui I, Sangal V, Choi S, Yang SJ, Kim BY, Trujillo ME, Riesco R, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Rahmani TPD, et al. Blastococcus atacamensis sp. nov., a novel strain adapted to life in the Yungay core region of the Atacama Desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2712-2721.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06717 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Castro JF, Nouioui I, Sangal V, Choi S, Yang SJ, Kim BY, Trujillo ME, Riesco R, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Rahmani TPD, et al. Blastococcus atacamensis sp. nov., a novel strain adapted to life in the Yungay core region of the Atacama Desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2712-2721.

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Record number: 797816