Name: Polycladomyces zharkentensis Mashzhan et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhar.ken.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. zharkentensis, referring to Zharkent, the city in Kazakhstan where the sample was collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … z͡har-ken-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 30708; KCTC 43421; ZKZ2

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16S rRNA gene: OQ843466 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mashzhan A, Kistaubayeva A, Javier-Lopez R, Bissenova U, Bissenbay A, Birkeland NK. Polycladomyces zharkentensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic cellulose- and starch-degrading member of the Bacillota from a geothermal aquifer in Kazakhstan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6269. 🇰🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6301.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20286 (N = 4).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Polycladomyces Tsubouchi et al. 2013

Assigned by: Mashzhan A, Kistaubayeva A, Javier-Lopez R, Bissenova U, Bissenbay A, Birkeland NK. Polycladomyces zharkentensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic cellulose- and starch-degrading member of the Bacillota from a geothermal aquifer in Kazakhstan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6269. 🇰🇿

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Record number: 44996