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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pseudomonas spelaei

Name: Pseudomonas spelaei Švec et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spe.lae’i. L. gen. neut. n. spelaei, of a cavern

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spe-LA͡E-i, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7893; LMG 27931; SJ/9/1

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16S rRNA gene: HQ844525 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: 9343
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