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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Formosa maritima

Name: Formosa maritima Cao et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, of or belonging to the sea, maritime, referring to coastal sediment from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-ti-ma, feminine

Type strain: 1494; KCTC 72531; MCCC 1H00385

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16S rRNA gene: MN116002 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao WR, Lu DC, Li YJ, Sun XK, Sun YY, Saren G, Du ZJ. Formosa maritima sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:982-988. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Cao WR, Lu DC, Li YJ, Sun XK, Sun YY, Saren G, Du ZJ. Formosa maritima sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:982-988. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5778
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