Name: Desmospora profundinema Zhang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun.di.ne’ma. L. neut. adj. profundum, the depths of the sea; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a filament; N.L. neut. n. profundinema, a filament from the depths of the sea (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45903; NBRC 109626; SCSIO 11154

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM368342 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Y, Li J, Tian X, Zhang S. Marinithermofilum abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desmospora profundinema sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus DesmosporaYassin et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2622-2629.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Jiang et al. 2019 Jiang Z, Xiao M, Yang LL, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Genome-based taxonomic classification within the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2028-2036. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Li J, Tian X, Zhang S. Marinithermofilum abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desmospora profundinema sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus DesmosporaYassin et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2622-2629.

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