Name: Mixta tenebrionis Xia et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.ne.bri.o’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. tenebrionis, of the mealworm Tenebrio, the host from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: MIX-ta te-ne-bri-O-nis, feminine

Type strain: BIT-26; CGMCC 1.17041; KCTC 72449

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16S rRNA gene: MK722097 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xia M, Wang J, Huo YX, Yang Y. Mixta tenebrionis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the plastic-eating mealworm Tenebrio molitor L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:790-796. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08516 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Mixta Palmer et al. 2018

Assigned by: Xia M, Wang J, Huo YX, Yang Y. Mixta tenebrionis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the plastic-eating mealworm Tenebrio molitor L. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:790-796. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5796