Name: Caulifigura coniformis Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ni.for’mis. L. masc. n. conus, a pine cone; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc./fem. adj. coniformis, shaped like a pine cone, describing the morphology of the cells

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29405; LMG 29788; Pan44

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16S rRNA gene: MK554532 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Jogler M, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Caulifigura coniformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Planctomycetaceae isolated from a red biofilm sampled in a hydrothermal area. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1927-1937.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caulifigura Kallscheuer et al. 2021. Publication: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Jogler M, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Caulifigura coniformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Planctomycetaceae isolated from a red biofilm sampled in a hydrothermal area. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1927-1937.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Caulifigura Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Assigned by: Kallscheuer N, Wiegand S, Boedeker C, Peeters SH, Jogler M, Heuer A, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Caulifigura coniformis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Planctomycetaceae isolated from a red biofilm sampled in a hydrothermal area. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1927-1937.

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Record number: 18937