Name: Pelolinea submarina Imachi et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ma.ri’na. L. prep. sub, under; L. fem. adj. marina, marine; N.L. fem. adj. submarina, from a submarine area

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23923; DSM 28969; JCM 17238; MO-CFX1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB598277 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Lipp JS, Miyazaki M, Saito Y, Yamanaka Y, Hinrichs KU, Inagaki F, Takai K. Pelolinea submarina gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, filamentous bacterium of the phylum Chloroflexi isolated from subseafloor sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:812-818.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelolinea Imachi et al. 2014. Publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Lipp JS, Miyazaki M, Saito Y, Yamanaka Y, Hinrichs KU, Inagaki F, Takai K. Pelolinea submarina gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, filamentous bacterium of the phylum Chloroflexi isolated from subseafloor sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:812-818.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "(spelled 'Petrolinea submarina' in TRBA)".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelolinea Imachi et al. 2014

Assigned by: Imachi H, Sakai S, Lipp JS, Miyazaki M, Saito Y, Yamanaka Y, Hinrichs KU, Inagaki F, Takai K. Pelolinea submarina gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, filamentous bacterium of the phylum Chloroflexi isolated from subseafloor sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:812-818.

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