Name: Georgenia alba Li et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, the colour of colonies

Pronunciation, gender: AL-ba, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.1580; CGMCC 1.15800; KCTC 39988; SYSU D8008

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16S rRNA gene: MH511146 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li LY, Yang ZW, Asem MD, Salam N, Xiao M, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Nie GX, Li WJ. Georgenia alba sp. nov., a novel halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sand sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:203-209.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Li LY, Yang ZW, Asem MD, Salam N, Xiao M, Alkhalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Nie GX, Li WJ. Georgenia alba sp. nov., a novel halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sand sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:203-209.

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Record number: 800736