Name: Hirschia litorea Park and Yoon 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.a. L. fem. adj. litorea, belonging to the seashore

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62793; KCTC 32081; M-M23

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16S rRNA gene: JQ995780 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Yoon JH. Hirschia litorea sp. nov., isolated from seashore sediment, and emended description of the genus Hirschia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1684-1689.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Hirschia Schlesner et al. 1990

Assigned by: Park S, Yoon JH. Hirschia litorea sp. nov., isolated from seashore sediment, and emended description of the genus Hirschia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1684-1689.

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Record number: 790751