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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Polynucleobacter meluiroseus

Name: Polynucleobacter meluiroseus Pitt et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.lu.i.ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured; N.L. masc. adj. meluiroseus, a rose-coloured (bacterium) from Lake Melu

Pronunciation, gender: me-lu-i-RO-se-us, masculine

Type strain: AP-Melu-1000-B4; CIP 111329; DSM 103591

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF872602 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Lang E, Whitman WB, Woyke T, Hahn MW. Polynucleobacter meluiroseus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a lake located in the mountains of the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1975-1985.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Assigned by: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Lang E, Whitman WB, Woyke T, Hahn MW. Polynucleobacter meluiroseus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a lake located in the mountains of the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1975-1985.

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Record number: 797777
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