Name: Pelosinus baikalensis Zakharyuk et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bai.ka.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. baikalensis, pertaining to the Lake Baikal, referring to the site where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bai-ka-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: Bkl1; JCM 39258; VKM B-3511

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16S rRNA gene: MW805760 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zakharyuk AG, Kopitsyn DS, Suzina NE, Shcherbakova VA. Pelosinus baikalensis sp. nov., an iron-reducing bacterium isolated from a cold freshwater lake. Microbiology 2023; 92:137-145. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zakharyuk AG, Kopitsyn DS, Suzina NE, Shcherbakova VA. Pelosinus baikalensis sp. nov., an iron-reducing bacterium isolated from a cold freshwater lake. Microbiology 2023; 92:137-145. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 46588