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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Frankia nepalensis

Name: Frankia nepalensis Nouioui et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.pa.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. nepalensis, pertaining to the Asian country, Nepal, from which the host plant Coriaria nepalensis was named

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: FRAN-ki-a ne-pa-LEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CN 4; DSM 114740; LMG 32595

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16S rRNA gene: OQ820197 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Nouioui I, Neumann-Schaal M, Pujic P, Fournier P, Normand P, Herrera-Belaroussi A, Vemulapally S, Guerra T, Hahn D. Frankia nepalensis sp. nov., a non-infective non-nitrogen-fixing isolate from root nodules of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6199. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6243.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Neumann-Schaal M, Pujic P, Fournier P, Normand P, Herrera-Belaroussi A, Vemulapally S, Guerra T, Hahn D. Frankia nepalensis sp. nov., a non-infective non-nitrogen-fixing isolate from root nodules of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6199. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 41966

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