Name: Geodermatophilus saharensis Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.ha.ren’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. saharensis, pertaining to sahara desert, referring to the location where the species was collected

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62813; CF5/5; DSM 45423; MTCC 11416

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE654551 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Montero-Calasanz MC, Goker M, Potter G, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gorbushina AA, Klenk HP. Geodermatophilus saharensis sp. nov., isolated from sand of the Saharan desert in Chad. Arch Microbiol 2013; 195:153-159.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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 MC, Goker M, Potter G, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gorbushina AA, Klenk HP. Geodermatophilus saharensis sp. nov., isolated from sand of the Saharan desert in Chad. Arch Microbiol 2013; 195:153-159.

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Record number: 790722