Name: Demequina flava Hamada et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, golden yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 24865; HR08-7; NBRC 105854

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB674956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Demequina flava sp. nov. and Demequina sediminicola sp. nov., isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:249-253.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Demequina Yi et al. 2007

Assigned by: Hamada M, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Demequina flava sp. nov. and Demequina sediminicola sp. nov., isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:249-253.

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Record number: 790420