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Species Massilia violaceinigra

Name: Massilia violaceinigra Wang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.i.ni’gra L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. fem. adj. violaceinigra, violet-black, after the colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B2; CGMCC 1.6993; DSM 19531; KCTC 32446

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16S rRNA gene: KF267246 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang H, Zhang X, Wang S, Zhao B, Lou K, Xing XH. Massilia violaceinigra sp. nov., a novel purple-pigmented bacterium isolated from glacier permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2271-2278.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Massilia La Scola et al. 2000

Assigned by: Wang H, Zhang X, Wang S, Zhao B, Lou K, Xing XH. Massilia violaceinigra sp. nov., a novel purple-pigmented bacterium isolated from glacier permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2271-2278.

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Record number: 797811