Name: Martelella endophytica Bibi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, pertaining to the original isolation from plant tissues

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCCM 43011; NBRC 109149; YC6887

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16S rRNA gene: HM800924 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bibi F, Chung EJ, Khan A, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Martelella endophytica sp. nov., an antifungal bacterium associated with a halophyte. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2914-2919.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Martelella Rivas et al. 2005

Assigned by: Bibi F, Chung EJ, Khan A, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Martelella endophytica sp. nov., an antifungal bacterium associated with a halophyte. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2914-2919.

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Record number: 791018