Name: Klenkia brasiliensis (Bertazzo et al. 2014) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geodermatophilus brasiliensis Bertazzo et al. 2014

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. brasiliensis, referring to Brazil, the country from where the type strain was isolated [probably better: brasilensis]

Pronunciation, gender: bra-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8402; DSM 44526; Tu6233; Tü 6233

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ029102 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geodermatophilus brasiliensis Bertazzo et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13901 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Klenkia Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Assigned by: Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501.

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Record number: 798722