Name: Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.te’us. L. masc. adj. lacteus, milk-coloured, milky

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DLS-10; DSM 19367; JCM 16024; KCTC 19285

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM778124 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD, Park SK, Yun YW, Lee DW. Saxeibacter lacteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:906-909.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nakamurella lactea (Lee et al. 2008) Kim et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nakamurella lactea (Lee et al. 2008) Kim et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saxeibacter Lee et al. 2008. Publication: Lee SD, Park SK, Yun YW, Lee DW. Saxeibacter lacteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:906-909.
  • ❗ Saxeibacter lacteus 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 Saxeibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Saxeibacter Lee et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lee SD, Park SK, Yun YW, Lee DW. Saxeibacter lacteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:906-909.

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Record number: 787318