Name: Frankia asymbiotica Nouioui et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sym.bi.o’ti.ca. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); N.L. fem. adj. symbiotica, living together; N.L. fem. adj. asymbiotica, not symbiotic

Pronunciation, gender: a-sym-bi-O-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9040; DSM 100626; M16386; NRRL B-16386

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16S rRNA gene: KY744730 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nouioui I, Gueddou A, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Rhode M, Gtari M, Klenk HP. Frankia asymbiotica sp. nov., a non-infective actinobacterium isolated from Morella californica root nodule. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4897-4901.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudofrankia asymbiotica (Nouioui et al. 2017) Gtari 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Gueddou A, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Rhode M, Gtari M, Klenk HP. Frankia asymbiotica sp. nov., a non-infective actinobacterium isolated from Morella californica root nodule. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4897-4901.

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Record number: 796301