Name: Pseudaquabacterium terrae (Dahal et al. 2021) Lu and Chen 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aquabacterium terrae Dahal et al. 2021

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of soil, referring to the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 72741; NBRC 114609; S2

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16S rRNA gene: MN519464 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aquabacterium terrae Dahal et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquabacterium terrae Dahal et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudaquabacterium terrae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudaquabacterium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-16.

Parent taxon: Pseudaquabacterium Lu and Chen 2024

Assigned by: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 52609