Name: Hoyosella altamirensis Jurado et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ta.mi.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. altamirensis, referring to Altamira Cave (Cantabria, Spain), where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: al-ta-mi-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CIP 109864; DSM 45258; OFN S31

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16S rRNA gene: KX146464 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jurado V, Kroppenstedt RM, Saiz-Jimenez C, Klenk HP, Mouniee D, Laiz L, Couble A, Potter G, Boiron P, Rodriguez-Nava V. Hoyosella altamirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the order Actinomycetales isolated from a cave biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3105-3110. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hamada et al. 2016 Hamada M, Shibata C, Sakurai K, Hosoyama A, Oji S, Teramoto K, Tamura T. Reclassification of Amycolicicoccus subflavus as Hoyosella subflava comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Hoyosella and Hoyosella altamirensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4711-4715. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009. Publication: Jurado V, Kroppenstedt RM, Saiz-Jimenez C, Klenk HP, Mouniee D, Laiz L, Couble A, Potter G, Boiron P, Rodriguez-Nava V. Hoyosella altamirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the order Actinomycetales isolated from a cave biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3105-3110. 🇫🇷
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009

Assigned by: Jurado V, Kroppenstedt RM, Saiz-Jimenez C, Klenk HP, Mouniee D, Laiz L, Couble A, Potter G, Boiron P, Rodriguez-Nava V. Hoyosella altamirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the order Actinomycetales isolated from a cave biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3105-3110. 🇫🇷

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