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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Blastococcus carthaginiensis

Name: Blastococcus carthaginiensis Kammoun et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.tha.gi.ni.en’sis. L. masc. adj. carthaginiensis, of Carthago, Latin name of the city of Carthage in Tunisia, origin of isolation of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: blas-to-KOK-kus kar-tha-gi-ni-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BMG 814; CECT 8878; DSM 46848

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16S rRNA gene: LN680867 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kammoun I, Hezbri K, Sbissi I, Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz M, Klenk HP, Gtari M, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus carthaginiensis sp. nov., isolated from a monument sampled in Carthage, Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6178. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Assigned by: Kammoun I, Hezbri K, Sbissi I, Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz M, Klenk HP, Gtari M, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus carthaginiensis sp. nov., isolated from a monument sampled in Carthage, Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6178. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 40101

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