Name: Nocardiopsis mwathae Akhwale et al. 2016
Etymology: m.wa’thae. N.L. gen. fem. n. mwathae, of mwatha, named after Kenyan microbial ecologist, the late Professor Wanjiru Mwatha in recognition of her pioneering work on Kenyan soda lakes
Type strain: CECT 8552; DSM 46659; No.156
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16S rRNA gene: KF976731 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Akhwale JK, Goker M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Boga HI, Klenk HP. Nocardiopsis mwathae sp. nov., isolated from the haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita in the African Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:421-430.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Akhwale JK, Goker M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Boga HI, Klenk HP. Nocardiopsis mwathae sp. nov., isolated from the haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita in the African Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:421-430.
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Record number: 794124