Name: Demequina globuliformis Ue et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.bu.li.for’mis. L. masc. dim. n. globulus, a small sphere, globule; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj. globuliformis, globule-shaped

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 27404; KCTC 19747; MBIC 8349; NBRC 106266; YM 24-125

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB639018 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ue H, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Demequina globuliformis sp. nov., Demequina oxidasica sp. nov. and Demequina aurantiaca sp. nov., actinobacteria isolated from marine environments, and proposal of Demequinaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1322-1329.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Ue H, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Demequina globuliformis sp. nov., Demequina oxidasica sp. nov. and Demequina aurantiaca sp. nov., actinobacteria isolated from marine environments, and proposal of Demequinaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1322-1329.

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