Name: Blastococcus goldschmidtiae Nouioui et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: goldsch.mid’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. goldschmidtiae, of Goldschmidt, in honour of Millicent C. Goldschmidt for her great contributions in the field of microbiology in particular in rapid testing methods for detecting microbial contaminants

Pronunciation, gender: golds͡h-MID-ti-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: 7C; BC 543; DSM 46792; KCTC 59190

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Effective publication: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14657 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

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

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Boldt J, Zimmermann A, Makitrynskyy R, Potter G, Jando M, Doppner M, Kirstein S, Neumann-Schaal M, Gomez-Escribano JP, et al. Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide. Curr Res Microb Sci 2024; 7:100290.

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Record number: 66882