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Species Deinococcus lichenicola
Name: Deinococcus lichenicola Chen et al. 2026
Etymology: li.che.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. lichen, a lichen; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. lichenicola, a dweller of lichens
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … li-khe-NI-ko-la, masculine
Type strain: CGMCC 1.61729; MCCC 1K08693; NBRC 117087; YIM 134068
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
PP129705
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Chen GH, Xiong LS, Yang R, Zuo SY, Yuan Q, Wang LS, Jiang CL, Wang XY, Jiang Y. Deinococcus lichenicola sp. nov., A Bacterium Isolated from a Lichen Sample. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:478. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981
Assigned by:
Chen GH, Xiong LS, Yang R, Zuo SY, Yuan Q, Wang LS, Jiang CL, Wang XY, Jiang Y. Deinococcus lichenicola sp. nov., A Bacterium Isolated from a Lichen Sample. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:478. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 70341
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