Name: Mumia flava Lee et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 27763; MCCC 1A00646; MUSC 201; NBRC 109973

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC907394 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee LH, Zainal N, Azman AS, Mutalib NS, Hong K, Chan KG. Mumia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Nocardioidaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1461-1467.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mumia Lee et al. 2014. Publication: Lee LH, Zainal N, Azman AS, Mutalib NS, Hong K, Chan KG. Mumia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Nocardioidaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1461-1467.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Mumia Lee et al. 2014

Assigned by: Lee LH, Zainal N, Azman AS, Mutalib NS, Hong K, Chan KG. Mumia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Nocardioidaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1461-1467.

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