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

Gender: feminine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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