Name: Jonesia quinghaiensis Schumann et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: quing.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. quinghaiensis, pertaining to Qinghai, Western province of China, where the type strain was isolated [probably better: qinghaiensis]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3459; DSM 15701; JCM 13009; QH3A7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ626896 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Cui X, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Xu L, Jiang C. Jonesia quinghaiensis sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2181-2184.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Jonesia Rocourt and Stackebrandt 1987

Assigned by: Schumann P, Cui X, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Xu L, Jiang C. Jonesia quinghaiensis sp. nov., a new member of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2181-2184.

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Record number: 777070