Name: Corallococcus llansteffanensis Livingstone et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: llan.stef.fan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. llansteffanensis, from Llansteffan, reflecting the fact that the new species was isolated near the village of Llansteffan in Wales

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CA051B; DSM 108844; NBRC 114100

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF163360 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Livingstone PG, Ingleby O, Girdwood S, Cookson AR, Morphew RM, Whitworth DE. Predatory Organisms with Untapped Biosynthetic Potential: Descriptions of Novel Corallococcus Species C. aberystwythensis sp. nov., C. carmarthensis sp. nov., C. exercitus sp. nov., C. interemptor sp. nov., C. llansteffanensis sp. nov., C. praedator sp. nov., C. sicarius sp. nov., and C. terminator sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Corallococcus Reichenbach 2007

Assigned by: Livingstone PG, Ingleby O, Girdwood S, Cookson AR, Morphew RM, Whitworth DE. Predatory Organisms with Untapped Biosynthetic Potential: Descriptions of Novel Corallococcus Species C. aberystwythensis sp. nov., C. carmarthensis sp. nov., C. exercitus sp. nov., C. interemptor sp. nov., C. llansteffanensis sp. nov., C. praedator sp. nov., C. sicarius sp. nov., and C. terminator sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.

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Record number: 3410