Species Lentzea guizhouensis

Name: Lentzea guizhouensis Cao et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.i.zhou.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. guizhouensis, of or belonging to Guizhou Province, South-west China, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LENT-ze-a gu-i-z͡hou-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7203; DHS C013; KCTC 29677

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM597488 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cao CL, Zhou XQ, Qin S, Tao FX, Jiang JH, Lian B. Lentzea guizhouensis sp. nov., a novel lithophilous actinobacterium isolated from limestone from the Karst area, Guizhou, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1365-1372. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: Cao CL, Zhou XQ, Qin S, Tao FX, Jiang JH, Lian B. Lentzea guizhouensis sp. nov., a novel lithophilous actinobacterium isolated from limestone from the Karst area, Guizhou, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1365-1372. 🇨🇳

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