Name: Hellea balneolensis Alain et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bal.ne’o.len’sis. N.L. fem. n. Balneola, the ancient name of Banyuls-sur-mer [probably better: Balneolea]; N.L. masc./fem. adj. balneolensis, pertaining to Balneola, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 26III/A02/215; CIP 109500; DSM 19091; OOB 269

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY576758 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Intertaglia L, Catala P, Lebaron P. Hellea balneolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2511-2519.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hellea Alain et al. 2008. Publication: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Intertaglia L, Catala P, Lebaron P. Hellea balneolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2511-2519.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hellea Alain et al. 2008

Assigned by: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Intertaglia L, Catala P, Lebaron P. Hellea balneolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2511-2519.

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