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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Polynucleobacter hirudinilacicola

Name: Polynucleobacter hirudinilacicola Hahn et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hi.ru.di.ni.la.ci’co.la. L. fem. n. hirudo (gen. hirudinis), a leech; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. hirudinilacicola, inhabitant of leech lake (German Egelsee)

Pronunciation, gender: hi-ru-di-ni-la-KI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23911; LMG 30144; MWH EgelM1-30-B4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN429662 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Koll U, Schmidt J, Huymann LR, Karbon G, Lang E. Polynucleobacter hirudinilacicola sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter campilacus sp. nov., both isolated from freshwater systems. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2593-2601.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Koll U, Schmidt J, Huymann LR, Karbon G, Lang E. Polynucleobacter hirudinilacicola sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter campilacus sp. nov., both isolated from freshwater systems. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2593-2601.

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Record number: 797726
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