Name: Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-ge-ri-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8470; DSM 45966; H8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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