Name: Microlunatus antarcticus (Schumann et al. 1997) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Friedmanniella antarctica Schumann et al. 1997

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, isolated from Antarctica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: AA-1042; DSM 11053; IFO 16127; JCM 11651; KACC 14501; NBRC 16127

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z78206 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Friedmanniella antarctica Schumann et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 798271