Name: Persephonella marina Götz et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, from the sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14350; EX-H1; OCM 794

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF188332 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gotz D, Banta A, Beveridge TJ, Rushdi AI, Simoneit BR, Reysenbach AL. Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel, thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1349-1359.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Persephonella Götz et al. 2002. Publication: Gotz D, Banta A, Beveridge TJ, Rushdi AI, Simoneit BR, Reysenbach AL. Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel, thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1349-1359.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Persephonella Götz et al. 2002

Assigned by: Gotz D, Banta A, Beveridge TJ, Rushdi AI, Simoneit BR, Reysenbach AL. Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel, thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1349-1359.

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