Name: "Lentzea xerophila" Wen et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xe.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. xêros, dry; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. fem. adj. xerophila, dry-loving, occurring in dry, xeric habitat. Kumtagh desert in Northwest China, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kse-RO-phi-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: E54; GDMCC 4.414; JCM 37543

16S rRNA gene: PP694170 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Wen Y, Li J, Qiao F, Luo W, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W. Characterization of a Novel Lentzea Species Isolated from the Kumtagh Desert and Genomic Insights into the Secondary Metabolite Potential of the Genus. Microorganisms 2025; 13:0. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: Wen Y, Li J, Qiao F, Luo W, Chen T, Liu G, Zhang W. Characterization of a Novel Lentzea Species Isolated from the Kumtagh Desert and Genomic Insights into the Secondary Metabolite Potential of the Genus. Microorganisms 2025; 13:0. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 66809
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