Name: Nautella italica Vandecandelaere et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ta’li.ca. L. fem. adj. italica, from Italy, where this species was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-TA-li-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55857; CECT 7645; DSM 26436; LMG 24365

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16S rRNA gene: AM904562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phaeobacter italicus (Vandecandelaere et al. 2009) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeobacter italicus (Vandecandelaere et al. 2009) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nautella Vandecandelaere et al. 2009. Publication: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817. 🇧🇪
  • ❗ Nautella italica 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 Nautella.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nautella Vandecandelaere et al. 2009

Assigned by: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Mollica A, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Nautella italica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:811-817. 🇧🇪

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