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Species Massilia atriviolacea
Name: Massilia atriviolacea Yang et al. 2019
Etymology: a.tri.vi.o.la’ce.a. L. masc. adj. ater, black; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; N.L. fem. adj. atriviolacea, black-violet
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-tri-wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine
Type strain: KCTC 62720; LMG 30840; SOD
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MH551481
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yang E, Zhao M, Li S, Wang Y, Sun L, Liu J, Wang W. Massilia atriviolacea sp. nov., a dark purple-pigmented bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2135-2141. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mokoshia atriviolacea (Yang et al. 2019) Bowman 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Massilia La Scola et al. 2000
Assigned by:
Yang E, Zhao M, Li S, Wang Y, Sun L, Liu J, Wang W. Massilia atriviolacea sp. nov., a dark purple-pigmented bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2135-2141. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 801253
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