Name: Polynucleobacter difficilis Hahn et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult, troublesome, referring to difficulties in cultivating the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-ly-nu-kle-o-BAK-ter dif-FI-ki-lis, masculine

Type strain: AM-8B5; CIP 110078; DSM 22349

16S rRNA gene: FM208181 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Minasyan A, Lang E, Koll U, Sproer C. Polynucleobacter difficilis sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium affiliated with subcluster B1 of the genus Polynucleobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:376-383. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Minasyan A, Lang E, Koll U, Sproer C. Polynucleobacter difficilis sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium affiliated with subcluster B1 of the genus Polynucleobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:376-383. 🇦🇹

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