Species Deinococcus terrigena

Name: Deinococcus terrigena Ten et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.ri’ge.na. N.L. masc./fem. n. terrigena, child of the earth, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-i-no-KOK-kus ter-RI-ge-na, masculine

Type strain: JCM 32248; KCTC 33939; S13-1-2-1

16S rRNA gene: LC315613 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Ten LN, Cho H, Cho YJ, Jung HY. Deinococcus terrigena sp. nov., a novel member of the family Deinococcaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:389-399. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981

Assigned by: Ten LN, Cho H, Cho YJ, Jung HY. Deinococcus terrigena sp. nov., a novel member of the family Deinococcaceae. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:389-399. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 801296

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