Name: Fonticella tunisiensis Fraj et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ni.si.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tunisiensis, of or belonging to Tunisia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BELH25; DSM 24455; JCM 17559

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE604099 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fraj B, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fonticella tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1947-1950.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fonticella Fraj et al. 2013. Publication: Fraj B, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fonticella tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1947-1950.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fonticella Fraj et al. 2013

Assigned by: Fraj B, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fonticella tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1947-1950.

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