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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nocardia macrotermitis

Name: Nocardia macrotermitis Benndorf et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrotermitis, of the termite Macrotermes, from where the organism was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: NRRL B-65541; RB 20; VKM Ac-2841

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY558706 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Benndorf R, Schwitalla JW, Martin K, de Beer ZW, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C. Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5226-5234.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Benndorf R, Schwitalla JW, Martin K, de Beer ZW, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C. Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5226-5234.

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Record number: 14080
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