Name: Modestobacter versicolor Reddy et al. 2007
Etymology: ver.si’co.lor. L. adj. versicolor, that changes its colour, of changeable colour, of various colours
Type strain: ATCC BAA-1040; CP153-2; DSM 16678; JCM 15578
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16S rRNA gene: AJ871304 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Reddy GS, Potrafka RM, Garcia-Pichel F. Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2014-2020.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000
Assigned by: Reddy GS, Potrafka RM, Garcia-Pichel F. Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2014-2020.
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