Name: Elstera litoralis Rahalkar et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, belonging to the shore or the littoral

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Dia-1; DSM 19532; LMG 24234

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU678309 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rahalkar M, Bahulikar RA, Deutzmann JS, Kroth PG, Schink B. Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1750-1754.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Elstera Rahalkar et al. 2012. Publication: Rahalkar M, Bahulikar RA, Deutzmann JS, Kroth PG, Schink B. Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1750-1754.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Elstera Rahalkar et al. 2012

Assigned by: Rahalkar M, Bahulikar RA, Deutzmann JS, Kroth PG, Schink B. Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1750-1754.

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Record number: 790046