Name: Microlunatus speluncae Xie et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.lun’cae. L. gen. fem. n. speluncae, of a cave, grotto or hole, referring to the habitat from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: spe-LUN-ka͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 103947; KCTC 39847; SYSU K12189

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16S rRNA gene: MF480393 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xie YG, Fang BZ, Han MX, Liu L, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Xiao M, Li WJ. Microlunatus speluncae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a Karstic subterranean environment sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:117-125.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Xie YG, Fang BZ, Han MX, Liu L, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Xiao M, Li WJ. Microlunatus speluncae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a Karstic subterranean environment sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:117-125.

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Record number: 2185