Name: Longivirga aurantiaca Qu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-coloured, referring to the orange colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7317; NBRC 112237; X5

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16S rRNA gene: KU055631 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qu JH, Zhang LJ, Fu YH, Li XD, Li HF, Tian HL. A novel genus of the class Actinobacteria, Longivirga aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:942-946.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Longivirga Qu et al. 2018. Publication: Qu JH, Zhang LJ, Fu YH, Li XD, Li HF, Tian HL. A novel genus of the class Actinobacteria, Longivirga aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:942-946.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Longivirga Qu et al. 2018

Assigned by: Qu JH, Zhang LJ, Fu YH, Li XD, Li HF, Tian HL. A novel genus of the class Actinobacteria, Longivirga aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:942-946.

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Record number: 797576