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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Microbacterium pratiae"

Name: "Microbacterium pratiae" Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pra’ti’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pratiae, referring to Dr. Lisa Pratt, a biogeochemist and astrobiologist who previously served as the Planetary Protection Officer for NASA [probably better: prattiae]

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: 2P06AB; DSM 117976; MTCC 13671

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP154843 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: 66034
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