Name: Blastococcus montanus Wang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ta’nus. L. masc. adj. montanus, referring to a mountain, located in the Flaming Mountain of Xinjiang, PR China, the place from where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: mon-TA-nus, masculine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.4386; HT6-4; KCTC 59234

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16S rRNA gene: PP767292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang K, Liu Y, Cui X, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W, Han Z, Zhang G. Blastococcus montanus sp. nov., a multi-stress-resistant and bacteriostatic-producing bacterium isolated from the Flaming Mountain, Xinjiang,China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6546.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06589 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-12-03.

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

Assigned by: Wang K, Liu Y, Cui X, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W, Han Z, Zhang G. Blastococcus montanus sp. nov., a multi-stress-resistant and bacteriostatic-producing bacterium isolated from the Flaming Mountain, Xinjiang,China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6546.

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Record number: 55244