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 (Latin), gender: mo-des-to-BAK-ter de-SER-ti, masculine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

Risk group: 1

• 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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