Name: Myceligenerans crystallogenes Groth et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: crys.tall.o.ge’nes. Gr. masc. n. krystallos, crystal; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. crystallogenes, producing crystals of iodinin (1,6-phenazine-diol 5,10-dioxide)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CD12E2-27; DSM 17134; HKI 369; JCM 14326; NBRC 110697; NCIMB 14061; VTT E-032285

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16S rRNA gene: AY928181 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Suihko ML, Stackebrandt E. Myceligenerans crystallogenes sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:283-287.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Myceligenerans Cui et al. 2004

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Suihko ML, Stackebrandt E. Myceligenerans crystallogenes sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:283-287.

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Record number: 778375