Name: Nafulsella turpanensis Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tur.pa.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. turpanensis, of or pertaining to Turpan, the city in Xinjiang province, north-western China where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tur-pa-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208222; KCTC 23983; ZLM-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN899241 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang L, Shen X, Liu Y, Li S. Nafulsella turpanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1639-1645. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nafulsella Zhang et al. 2013. Publication: Zhang L, Shen X, Liu Y, Li S. Nafulsella turpanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1639-1645. 🇨🇳
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species of the genus and may be reclassified within the Reichenbachiellaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Nafulsella Zhang et al. 2013

Assigned by: Zhang L, Shen X, Liu Y, Li S. Nafulsella turpanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1639-1645. 🇨🇳

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