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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Microbacterium phoenicis"

Name: "Microbacterium phoenicis" Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phoe.ni’cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the surface of the clean room where the Mars Phoenix spacecraft was assembled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pho͡e-NI-kis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 1P06AB; DSM 117975

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP154849 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 66113
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