Name: Klenkia terrae (Jin et al. 2013) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geodermatophilus terrae Jin et al. 2013

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 45844; JCM 17786; KCTC 19881; PB261

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN033773 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 terrae Jin et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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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Record number: 798700