Name: Paenisporosarcina macmurdoensis (Reddy et al. 2003) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Reddy et al. 2003

Etymology: mac.mur.do.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. macmurdoensis, pertaining to the McMurdo Region, Antarctica, where the first isolates were collected

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107784; CMS 21w; DSM 15428; MTCC 4670

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16S rRNA gene: AJ514408 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Mayilraj S, Saha P, Schumann P, Chakrabarti T. Description of Paenisporosarcina quisquiliarum gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Reddy et al. 2003 as Paenisporosarcina macmurdoensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1364-1370.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Reddy et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Paenisporosarcina Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Mayilraj S, Saha P, Schumann P, Chakrabarti T. Description of Paenisporosarcina quisquiliarum gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Reddy et al. 2003 as Paenisporosarcina macmurdoensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1364-1370.

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Record number: 787939