Name: Catellatospora coxensis Ara and Kudo 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.xen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. coxensis, pertaining to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka-tel-la-TO-spo-ra ko-XEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 2-29(17); DSM 44901; JCM 12951

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB200232 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ara I, Kudo T. Three novel species of the genus Catellatospora, Catellatospora chokoriensis sp. nov., Catellatospora coxensis sp. nov. and Catellatospora bangladeshensis sp. nov., and transfer of Catellatospora citrea subsp. methionotrophica Asano and Kawamoto 1988 to Catellatospora methionotrophica sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:393-400. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Catellatospora Asano and Kawamoto 1986

Assigned by: Ara I, Kudo T. Three novel species of the genus Catellatospora, Catellatospora chokoriensis sp. nov., Catellatospora coxensis sp. nov. and Catellatospora bangladeshensis sp. nov., and transfer of Catellatospora citrea subsp. methionotrophica Asano and Kawamoto 1988 to Catellatospora methionotrophica sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:393-400. 🇯🇵

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