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Species Lentzea chajnantorensis
Name: Lentzea chajnantorensis Idris et al. 2017
Etymology: chaj.nan.to.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chajnantorensis, named after the Cerro Chajnantor, the source of the isolate
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … khaj-nan-to-REN-sis, feminine
Type strain: H45; NCIMB 14966; NRRL B-65282
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
LT009512
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Idris H, Nouioui I, Asenjo JA, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Lentzea chajnantorensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium from a very high altitude Cerro Chajnantor gravel soil in northern Chile. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:795-802. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🧍 In the abstract of the effective publication, the collection number of the type strain is erroneously given as NCIMB 4966 instead of NCIMB 14966. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Idris H, Nouioui I, Asenjo JA, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Lentzea chajnantorensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium from a very high altitude Cerro Chajnantor gravel soil in northern Chile. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:795-802. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 795598
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