Name: "Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha" Gutierrez-Preciado et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ri.qhu.cha. Quechua adj. chiri, cold, freezing; Quechua n. qhucha, lake, pond; chiriqhucha, of or belonging to a cold lake, referring to the common habitat of these three species

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: RW-2

16S rRNA gene: ATCL01000001 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Gutierrez-Preciado A, Vargas-Chavez C, Reyes-Prieto M, Ordonez OF, Santos-Garcia D, Rosas-Perez T, Valdivia-Anistro J, Rebollar EA, Saralegui A, Moya A, et al. The genomic sequence of Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha str. N139 reveals a species that thrives in cold waters and extreme environmental conditions. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3162. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984

Assigned by: Gutierrez-Preciado A, Vargas-Chavez C, Reyes-Prieto M, Ordonez OF, Santos-Garcia D, Rosas-Perez T, Valdivia-Anistro J, Rebollar EA, Saralegui A, Moya A, et al. The genomic sequence of Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha str. N139 reveals a species that thrives in cold waters and extreme environmental conditions. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3162. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 1618

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