Name: Modestobacter deserti Jiang et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, of a desert, where the organisms were acquired

Pronunciation, gender: de-SER-ti, masculine

Type strain: CPCC 205119; I12A-02624; KCTC 49021; KCTC 49201; NBRC 113528

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16S rRNA gene: MK392028 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jiang ZM, Zhang BH, Sun HM, Zhang T, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Properties of Modestobacter deserti sp. nov., a Kind of Novel Phosphate-Solubilizing Actinobacteria Inhabited in the Desert Biological Soil Crusts. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:742798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Goekera deserti (Jiang et al. 2023) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Goekera deserti (Jiang et al. 2023) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Modestobacter deserti is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Modestobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000

Assigned by: Jiang ZM, Zhang BH, Sun HM, Zhang T, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Properties of Modestobacter deserti sp. nov., a Kind of Novel Phosphate-Solubilizing Actinobacteria Inhabited in the Desert Biological Soil Crusts. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:742798.

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Record number: 36259