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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Deinococcus sahariens

Name: Deinococcus sahariens Bouraoui et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18496; HAN-23; LMG 23756

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16S rRNA gene: AM283039 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Bouraoui H, Aissa MB, Abbassi F, Touzel JP, O'donohue M, Manai M. Characterization of Deinococcus sahariens sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from a Saharan hot spring. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:315-322. 🇫🇷

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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Deinococcus saharensis corrig. Bouraoui et al. 2025

Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981

Assigned by: Bouraoui H, Aissa MB, Abbassi F, Touzel JP, O'donohue M, Manai M. Characterization of Deinococcus sahariens sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from a Saharan hot spring. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:315-322. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 69528

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