Name: Frankia saprophytica Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.pro.phy’ti.ca. Gr. masc. adj. sapros, rotten; Gr. masc. adj. phytikos, belonging to plants; N.L. fem. adj. saprophytica, growing on rotten material, referring here to the asymbiotic lifestyle of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: … sa-pro-P^HY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9314; CN 3; DSM 105290

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16S rRNA gene: MF960832 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nouioui I, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Klenk HP, Gtari M. Frankia saprophytica sp. nov., an atypical, non-infective (Nod-) and non-nitrogen fixing (Fix-) actinobacterium isolated from Coriaria nepalensis root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1090-1095. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudofrankia saprophytica (Nouioui et al. 2018) Gtari 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Klenk HP, Gtari M. Frankia saprophytica sp. nov., an atypical, non-infective (Nod-) and non-nitrogen fixing (Fix-) actinobacterium isolated from Coriaria nepalensis root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1090-1095. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 796407