Name: Deinococcus phoenicis Vaishampayan et al. 2014
Etymology: phoe’ni.cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the surface of the Mars Phoenix spacecraft assembly facility
Type strain: 1P10ME; DSM 27173; NRRL B-59546
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16S rRNA gene: EU977832 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Vaishampayan P, Roberts AH, Augustus A, Pukall R, Schumann P, Schwendner P, Mayilraj S, Salmassi T, Venkateswaran K. Deinococcus phoenicis sp. nov., an extreme ionizing-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the Phoenix Lander assembly facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3441-3446.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981
Assigned by: Vaishampayan P, Roberts AH, Augustus A, Pukall R, Schumann P, Schwendner P, Mayilraj S, Salmassi T, Venkateswaran K. Deinococcus phoenicis sp. nov., an extreme ionizing-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the Phoenix Lander assembly facility. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3441-3446.
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Record number: 792230