Name: Kribbella speibonae Curtis et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.i’bo.nae. L. fem. n. spes (gen. spei), hope; L. masc. adj. bonus, good; N.L. gen. fem. n. speibonae, of good hope, to indicate Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the geographical location from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: krib-BEL-la spe-I-bo-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29425; NRRL B-59161; YM55

16S rRNA gene: KM382224 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Curtis SM, Norton I, Everest GJ, Pelser JG, de Kock MC, Meyers PR. Development of a Kribbella-specific isolation medium and description of Kribbella capetownensis sp. nov. and Kribbella speibonae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:617-628. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Kribbella Park et al. 1999

Assigned by: Curtis SM, Norton I, Everest GJ, Pelser JG, de Kock MC, Meyers PR. Development of a Kribbella-specific isolation medium and description of Kribbella capetownensis sp. nov. and Kribbella speibonae sp. nov., isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:617-628. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 7333

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