Name: Micropepsis pineolensis Harbison et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.ne.ol.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. pineolensis, pertaining to Pineola, NC, USA, i.e. a small digester from Pineola

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2724; CS4; JCM 30711

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16S rRNA gene: KU738893 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harbison AB, Price LE, Flythe MD, Brauer SL. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:839-844.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Micropepsis Harbison et al. 2017. Publication: Harbison AB, Price LE, Flythe MD, Brauer SL. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:839-844.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Micropepsis Harbison et al. 2017

Assigned by: Harbison AB, Price LE, Flythe MD, Brauer SL. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:839-844.

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Record number: 795210