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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pseudomonas karstica

Name: Pseudomonas karstica Švec et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kars’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. karstum, karst, geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. karstica, pertaining to karst, isolated from the calcite moonmilk in The Moravian Karst

Pronunciation, gender: … KARS-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7891; HJ/4; LMG 27930

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ844524 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Svec P, Kosina M, Zeman M, Holochova P, Kralova S, Nemcova E, Micenkova L, Urvashi, Gupta V, Sood U, et al. Pseudomonas karstica sp. nov. and Pseudomonas spelaei sp. nov., isolated from calcite moonmilk deposits from caves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5131-5140. 🇨🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Svec P, Kosina M, Zeman M, Holochova P, Kralova S, Nemcova E, Micenkova L, Urvashi, Gupta V, Sood U, et al. Pseudomonas karstica sp. nov. and Pseudomonas spelaei sp. nov., isolated from calcite moonmilk deposits from caves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5131-5140. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 8963
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