Name: Mahella australiensis Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra.li.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. australiensis, related to Australia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡us-tra-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 50-1 BON; CIP 107919; DSM 15567

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16S rRNA gene: AY331143 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Salinas MB, Fardeau ML, Thomas P, Cayol JL, Patel BK, Ollivier B. Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2169-2173. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mahella Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004. Publication: Salinas MB, Fardeau ML, Thomas P, Cayol JL, Patel BK, Ollivier B. Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2169-2173. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Sikorski J, Teshima H, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Pitluck S, Liolios K, Pagani I, et al. Complete genome sequence of Mahella australiensis type strain (50-1 BON). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:331-341. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Mahella Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004

Assigned by: Salinas MB, Fardeau ML, Thomas P, Cayol JL, Patel BK, Ollivier B. Mahella australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2169-2173. 🇫🇷

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