Name: Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus Hahn et al. 2010
Etymology: cos.mo.po.li’ta.nus. Gr. masc. n. kosmopolitês, an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolitan; N.L. masc. adj. cosmopolitanus, cosmopolitan
Type strain: CIP 109840; DSM 21490; LMG 25212; MWH MoIso2
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16S rRNA gene: AJ550672 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Hahn MW, Lang E, Brandt U, Lunsdorf H, Wu QL, Stackebrandt E. Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus sp. nov., free-living planktonic bacteria inhabiting freshwater lakes and rivers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:166-173.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987
Assigned by: Hahn MW, Lang E, Brandt U, Lunsdorf H, Wu QL, Stackebrandt E. Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus sp. nov., free-living planktonic bacteria inhabiting freshwater lakes and rivers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:166-173.
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Record number: 788337