Name: Legionella antarctica Shimada et al. 2022
Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, pertaining to the Antarctic, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: GTC 22699; NCTC 14581; TUM19329
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16S rRNA gene: AP022839 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Shimada S, Nakai R, Aoki K, Kudoh S, Imura S, Shimoeda N, Ohno G, Watanabe K, Miyazaki Y, Ishii Y, et al. Characterization of the First Cultured Psychrotolerant Representative of Legionella from Antarctica Reveals Its Unique Genome Structure. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0042421.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 204. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5260.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Shimada S, Nakai R, Aoki K, Kudoh S, Imura S, Shimoeda N, Ohno G, Watanabe K, Miyazaki Y, Ishii Y, et al. Characterization of the First Cultured Psychrotolerant Representative of Legionella from Antarctica Reveals Its Unique Genome Structure. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0042421.
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Record number: 28118