Name: Geodermatophilus terrae Jin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 45844; JCM 17786; KCTC 19881; PB261

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JN033773 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jin L, Lee HG, Kim HS, Ahn CY, Oh HM. Geodermatophilus soli sp. nov. and Geodermatophilus terrae sp. nov., two actinobacteria isolated from grass soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2625-2629.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Klenkia terrae (Jin et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klenkia terrae (Jin et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geodermatophilus terrae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Geodermatophilus.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jin L, Lee HG, Kim HS, Ahn CY, Oh HM. Geodermatophilus soli sp. nov. and Geodermatophilus terrae sp. nov., two actinobacteria isolated from grass soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2625-2629.

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Record number: 790960