Name: Klenkia taihuensis (Qu et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geodermatophilus taihuensis Qu et al. 2013

Etymology: tai.hu.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. taihuensis, of or pertaining to Taihu Lake, the source of the sediment from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tai-hu-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 3-wff-81; CGMCC 1.12303; DSM 45962; NBRC 109416

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX294478 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 taihuensis Qu et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14480 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times 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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