Name: Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis Collins et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus.ek.ho.en’sis. N.L. gen. masc. n. lacusekhoensis, ‘ of Ekho Lake ’, the lake in Antarctica from which the organism was isolated [probably better: lacusekhonii]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: nes-te-ren-KO-ni-a la-kus-ek-ho-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47141; CIP 107030; DSM 12544; EL-30; IFAM EL-30; JCM 11953

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16S rRNA gene: AJ290397 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Weiss N, Hirsch P. Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake, East Antarctica, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1145-1150. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13. 🇮🇷

Parent taxon: Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Weiss N, Hirsch P. Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake, East Antarctica, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1145-1150. 🇩🇪

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