Name: Geodermatophilus normandii Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nor.mand’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. normandii, of Normand, named for Philippe Normand, a microbiologist at University Claude Bernard Lyon I, in recognition of his contributions to the microbiology field including his characterization of suborder Frankineae and, in particular, the family Geodermatophilaceae

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62814; CF5/3; DSM 45417; MTCC 11412

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE654546 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montero-Calasanz Mdel C, Goker M, Potter G, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gorbushina AA, Klenk HP. Geodermatophilus normandii sp. nov., isolated from Saharan desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3437-3443.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2017 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Montero-Calasanz Mdel C, Goker M, Potter G, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gorbushina AA, Klenk HP. Geodermatophilus normandii sp. nov., isolated from Saharan desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3437-3443.

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Record number: 791086