Name: Inhella fonticola Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant of a place, a resident; N.L. masc./fem. n. fonticola, an inhabitant of a fountain or spring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80211; DSM 27144; LMG 25721; TNR-25

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16S rRNA gene: HM013811 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Sheu FS, Young CC, Sheu SY. Inhella fonticola sp. nov., isolated from spring water, and emended description of the genus Inhella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1048-1055.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Inhella Song et al. 2009

Assigned by: Chen WM, Sheu FS, Young CC, Sheu SY. Inhella fonticola sp. nov., isolated from spring water, and emended description of the genus Inhella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1048-1055.

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Record number: 789865