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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leucothrix arctica

Name: Leucothrix arctica Baek et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. arctica, of the Arctic, the environment where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: IMCC 9719; KACC 18010; NBRC 110382

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ160496 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baek K, Choi A, Lee YM, Lee HK, Cho JC. Leucothrix arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3851-3855.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Leucothrix Örsted 1844 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baek K, Choi A, Lee YM, Lee HK, Cho JC. Leucothrix arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3851-3855.

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Record number: 799908
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