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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Photorhabdus antumapuensis

Name: Photorhabdus antumapuensis Castaneda-Alvarez et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.tu.ma.pu.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. antumapuensis, from the campus Antumapu, Universidad de Chile, Chile, where the nematodes hosting the type strain were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-tu-ma-pu-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCCT 21.06; CCM 9188; CCOS 1991; UCH-936

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16S rRNA gene: MZ676562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Castaneda-Alvarez C, Machado RAR, Morales-Montero P, Boss A, Muller A, Prodan S, Zamorano A, San-Blas E, Puza V, Aballay E. Photorhabdus antumapuensis sp. nov., a novel symbiotic bacterial species associated with Heterorhabditis atacamensis entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5525. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5736.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus Boemare et al. 1993

Assigned by: Castaneda-Alvarez C, Machado RAR, Morales-Montero P, Boss A, Muller A, Prodan S, Zamorano A, San-Blas E, Puza V, Aballay E. Photorhabdus antumapuensis sp. nov., a novel symbiotic bacterial species associated with Heterorhabditis atacamensis entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5525. 🇨🇱

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Record number: 31330
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