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Species Curtobacterium phoenicis
Name: Curtobacterium phoenicis Schultz et al. 2025
Etymology: phoe.ni’cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the surface of the clean room where the Mars Phoenix spacecraft was assembled
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pho͡e-NI-kis, neuter
Type strain: 1P10AnD; DSM 117985; MTCC 11639; MTCC 13639
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
Effective publication:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18232 (N = 41).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦
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Record number: 66029
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