Name: Blastococcus colisei Hezbri et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.li.se’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. colisei, of the Coliseum Thysdrus, site of isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BMG 822; CECT 8823; DSM 46837

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN626273 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MD, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus colisei sp. nov, isolated from an archaeological amphitheatre. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:339-346.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06467 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MD, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus colisei sp. nov, isolated from an archaeological amphitheatre. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:339-346.

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Record number: 795339