Name: Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ge.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. algeriensis, pertaining to Algeria, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8470; DSM 45966; H8

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KF981441 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Meklat A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Bounagaea algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil of Algeria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:473-482.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bounagaea Meklat et al. 2015. Publication: Meklat A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Bounagaea algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil of Algeria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:473-482.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genus epithet is a N.L. masc. gen. n. Publication: Parte AC. LPSN--list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:D613-D616.

Parent taxon: Bounagaea Meklat et al. 2015

Assigned by: Meklat A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Bounagaea algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil of Algeria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:473-482.

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Record number: 793372