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Species Deinococcus radiodurans
Name: Deinococcus radiodurans (ex Raj et al. 1960) Brooks and Murray 1981
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: ra.di.o.du’rans. L. masc. n. radius, a beam or ray; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. durans, enduring; N.L. masc. part. adj. radiodurans, resisting radiation
Type strain: ATCC 13939; CCUG 27074; CIP 104750; DSM 20539; HAMBI 1924; IFO 15346; LMG 4051; NBRC 15346; NCTC 14682; UWO 288; VKM B-1422
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16S rRNA gene:
Y11332
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1255 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 In violation of Rule 34a, Brooks and Murray revive Deinococcus radiodurans as a nomen novum.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
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🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Micrococcus radiodurans".
Publication:
Driedger AA, James AP, Grayston MJ. Cell survival and X-ray-induced DNA degradation in Micrococcus radiodurans. Radiat Res 1970; 44:835-845.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981
Assigned by:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
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