Name: Perlucidibaca piscinae Song et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pis.ci’nae. L. gen. fem. n. piscinae, of a fish-pond

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21586; IMCC 1704; KCCM 42363; NBRC 102354

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681750 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Song J, Choo YJ, Cho JC. Perlucidibaca piscinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a freshwater bacterium belonging to the family Moraxellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:97-102.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • França et al. 2015 Franca L, Albuquerque L, da Costa MS. Cavicella subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a deep mineral-water aquifer, and emended description of the species Perlucidibaca piscinae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3812-3817. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Perlucidibaca Song et al. 2008. Publication: Song J, Choo YJ, Cho JC. Perlucidibaca piscinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a freshwater bacterium belonging to the family Moraxellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:97-102.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Perlucidibaca Song et al. 2008

Assigned by: Song J, Choo YJ, Cho JC. Perlucidibaca piscinae gen. nov., sp. nov., a freshwater bacterium belonging to the family Moraxellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:97-102.

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