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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nesterenkonia maliinae

Name: Nesterenkonia maliinae Salinas-García and Priemé 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.li’i.nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. maliinae, of Maliina, the Sun goddess in Inuit mythology, in allusion to the warm orange colour of the colonies on agar plates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-LI-i-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: CF4.4; DSM 120326; LMG 34127

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PQ459642 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Salinas-Garcia MA, Prieme A. Nesterenkonia maliinae sp. nov. and Arthrobacter arnarulunnguaqae sp. nov., two halotolerant, psychrotolerant and alkaliphilic actinobacteria isolated from Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7062. 🇩🇰

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Salinas-Garcia MA, Prieme A. Nesterenkonia maliinae sp. nov. and Arthrobacter arnarulunnguaqae sp. nov., two halotolerant, psychrotolerant and alkaliphilic actinobacteria isolated from Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7062. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 70912
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