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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Microbacterium mcarthurae"

Name: "Microbacterium mcarthurae" Hill et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mc.ar.thu.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. mcarthurae, named in honor of NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, PhD (USA), current chief science officer at the Space Center Houston

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: 1F8SW-P5; DSM 115934; NRRL B-65667

Original publication: Hill MS, Minnis VR, Simpson AC, Salas Garcia MC, Bone D, Chung RK, Rushton E, Hameed A, Rekha PD, Gilbert JA, et al. Genomic description of Microbacterium mcarthurae sp. nov., a bacterium collected from the International Space Station that exhibits unique antimicrobial-resistant and virulent phenotype. mSystems 2025; 10:e0053725.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hill MS, Minnis VR, Simpson AC, Salas Garcia MC, Bone D, Chung RK, Rushton E, Hameed A, Rekha PD, Gilbert JA, et al. Genomic description of Microbacterium mcarthurae sp. nov., a bacterium collected from the International Space Station that exhibits unique antimicrobial-resistant and virulent phenotype. mSystems 2025; 10:e0053725.

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Record number: 65617
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