Name: Hansschlegelia zhihuaiae Wen et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhi.hu.a’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. zhihuaiae, named after Zhihua Wu (1935-2001), a Chinese pedologist who devoted herself to the study of soil biology

Pronunciation, gender: z͡hi-hu-A-i-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206143; DSM 18984; KCTC 12880; S 113

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16S rRNA gene: DQ916067 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wen Y, Huang X, Zhou Y, Hong Q, Li S. Hansschlegelia zhihuaiae sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1114-1117.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01225 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Hansschlegelia Ivanova et al. 2010

Assigned by: Wen Y, Huang X, Zhou Y, Hong Q, Li S. Hansschlegelia zhihuaiae sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1114-1117.

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Record number: 785966