Name: Martelella mediterranea Rivas et al. 2005
Etymology: me.di.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. mediterranea, midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus), and, in late Latin, used to refer to the Mediterranean Sea (Mediterraneum mare), referring to the fact that the type strain was isolated from a mediterranean island
Type strain: CECT 5861; DSM 17316; LMG 22193; MACL11
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16S rRNA gene: MN905357 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Rivas R, Sanchez-Marquez S, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:955-959.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Martelella Rivas et al. 2005
Assigned by: Rivas R, Sanchez-Marquez S, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:955-959.
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