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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rhodopseudomonas telluris

Name: Rhodopseudomonas telluris Hiraishi and Okamura 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tel.lu’ris. L. gen. fem. n. telluris, from soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-pse͡u-DO-mo-nas tel-LU-ris, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 23279; NBRC 107609; TUT3615

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16S rRNA gene: AB498822 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Okamura K. Rhodopseudomonas telluris sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from paddy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3369-3374. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Okamura K. Rhodopseudomonas telluris sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from paddy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3369-3374. 🇯🇵

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