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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Blastococcus brunescens

Name: Blastococcus brunescens Hezbri et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bru.nes’cens. N.L. masc. part. adj. brunescens, becoming brown, pertaining to the diffusible brown pigment produced by the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bru-NES-kens, masculine

Type strain: BMG 8361; CECT 8880; DSM 46845

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN626276 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezbri K, Kammoun I, Sbissi I, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Blastococcus brunescens sp. nov., a member of the Geodermatophilaceae isolated from sandstone collected from the Sahara Desert in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6317. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Assigned by: Hezbri K, Kammoun I, Sbissi I, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Blastococcus brunescens sp. nov., a member of the Geodermatophilaceae isolated from sandstone collected from the Sahara Desert in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6317. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 46806
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