Name: Micropruina sonneratiae Yi et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: son.ne.ra’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sonneratiae, of or isolated from a plant of the genus Sonneratia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.18968; JCM 34552; KQZ13P-5

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16S rRNA gene: OR225880 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yi HB, Chen MS, Chen XH, Zheng ZQ, Ma X, Tuo L. Micropruina sonneratiae sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from bark of Sonneratia apetala and emended description of the genus Micropruina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6759.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.

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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16718 (N = 11).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-04-29.

Parent taxon: Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000

Assigned by: Yi HB, Chen MS, Chen XH, Zheng ZQ, Ma X, Tuo L. Micropruina sonneratiae sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from bark of Sonneratia apetala and emended description of the genus Micropruina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6759.

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Record number: 64990