Name: Polynucleobacter duraquae Hahn et al. 2016
Etymology: dur.a’quae. L. adj. durus -a -um, hard; L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. gen. fem. n. duraquae, from/of hard water, i.e. water with higher concentrations of dissolved limestone
Type strain: CIP 110977; DSM 21495; MWH MoK4
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16S rRNA gene: AJ550654 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Pitt A, Taipale SJ, Lang E. Reclassification of four Polynucleobacter necessarius strains as representatives of Polynucleobacter asymbioticus comb. nov., Polynucleobacter duraquae sp. nov., Polynucleobacter yangtzensis sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter sinensis sp. nov., and emended description of Polynucleobacter necessarius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2883-2892.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987
Assigned by: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Pitt A, Taipale SJ, Lang E. Reclassification of four Polynucleobacter necessarius strains as representatives of Polynucleobacter asymbioticus comb. nov., Polynucleobacter duraquae sp. nov., Polynucleobacter yangtzensis sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter sinensis sp. nov., and emended description of Polynucleobacter necessarius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2883-2892.
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