Name: Deinobacterium chartae Ekman et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: char’tae. L. gen. fem. n. chartae, of/ from paper

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21458; HAMBI 2721; K4.1

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16S rRNA gene: AM988777 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ekman JV, Raulio M, Busse HJ, Fewer DP, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Deinobacterium chartae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely radiation-resistant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from a Finnish paper mill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:540-548.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinobacterium Ekman et al. 2011. Publication: Ekman JV, Raulio M, Busse HJ, Fewer DP, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Deinobacterium chartae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely radiation-resistant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from a Finnish paper mill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:540-548.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Deinobacterium Ekman et al. 2011

Assigned by: Ekman JV, Raulio M, Busse HJ, Fewer DP, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Deinobacterium chartae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely radiation-resistant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from a Finnish paper mill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:540-548.

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