Name: Frankia tisai Nouioui et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti’sa.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tisai, named after Professor Louis S. Tisa, a microbiologist and geneticist at the University of New Hampshire, USA, in recognition of his substantial contributions to the biology and genomics of Frankia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: FRAN-ki-a TI-sa-i, feminine

Type strain: Agncl-8; CECT 9715; DSM 107980

16S rRNA gene: OP512547 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Potter G, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M. Novel species of Frankia, Frankia gtarii sp. nov. and Frankia tisai sp. nov., isolated from a root nodule of Alnus glutinosa. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126377. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Potter G, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M. Novel species of Frankia, Frankia gtarii sp. nov. and Frankia tisai sp. nov., isolated from a root nodule of Alnus glutinosa. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126377. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 36939

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