Name: Polynucleobacter tropicus Hahn et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tro’pi.cus. L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), referring to the type strains isolation from a tropical freshwater habitat located in Uganda

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-ly-nu-kle-o-BAK-ter TRO-pi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23884; LMG 29707; MWH UH21B

16S rRNA gene: OK037146 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Camacho A. Fourteen new Polynucleobacter species: P. brandtiae sp. nov., P. kasalickyi sp. nov., P. antarcticus sp. nov., P. arcticus sp. nov., P. tropicus sp. nov., P. bastaniensis sp. nov., P. corsicus sp. nov., P. finlandensis sp. nov., P. ibericus sp. nov., P. hallstattensis sp. nov., P. alcilacus sp. nov., P. nymphae sp. nov., P. paludilacus sp. nov. and P. parvulilacunae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5408. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5524.

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, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Camacho A. Fourteen new Polynucleobacter species: P. brandtiae sp. nov., P. kasalickyi sp. nov., P. antarcticus sp. nov., P. arcticus sp. nov., P. tropicus sp. nov., P. bastaniensis sp. nov., P. corsicus sp. nov., P. finlandensis sp. nov., P. ibericus sp. nov., P. hallstattensis sp. nov., P. alcilacus sp. nov., P. nymphae sp. nov., P. paludilacus sp. nov. and P. parvulilacunae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5408. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 29196

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