Name: Paraflavitalea speifideaquila corrig. Prescott et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.i.fi.de.a’qui.la. L. fem. n. spes, hope; L. fem. n. fides, faith; L. fem. adj. aquila, eagle, from eagle of faith and hope, selected by students of the Hawaii Baptist Academy, Honolulu, Hawai'i, who sequenced the strain's genome; N.L. fem. adj. speifideaquila

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spe-i-fi-de-A-kwi-la, feminine

Type strain: BL16E; DSM 112478; LMG 33183; NCTC 14603

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Prescott RD, Chan YL, Tong EJ, Bunn F, Onouye CT, Handel C, Lo CC, Davenport K, Johnson S, Flynn M, et al. Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance. Astrobiology 2023; 23:1348-1367. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 217. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraflavitalea speifideiaquila Prescott et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-10.

Parent taxon: Paraflavitalea Heo et al. 2020

Assigned by: Prescott RD, Chan YL, Tong EJ, Bunn F, Onouye CT, Handel C, Lo CC, Davenport K, Johnson S, Flynn M, et al. Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance. Astrobiology 2023; 23:1348-1367. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 49253