Name: Nevskia persephonica Leandro et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. Persephonê, Persephone; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. persephonica, pertaining to Persephone, Greek goddess of the Underworld, i.e. isolated from a deep aquifer

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 7975; DSM 24987; G6M-30

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16S rRNA gene: JQ710441 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Rossello-Mora R, da Costa MS. Nevskia aquatilis sp. nov. and Nevskia persephonica sp. nov., isolated from a mineral water aquifer and the emended description of the genus Nevskia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:297-301.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Nevskia Famintzin 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Rossello-Mora R, da Costa MS. Nevskia aquatilis sp. nov. and Nevskia persephonica sp. nov., isolated from a mineral water aquifer and the emended description of the genus Nevskia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:297-301.

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Record number: 790729