Name: Skermanella xinjiangensis An et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in north-west China

Pronunciation, gender: ksin-jian͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 10-1-101; CCTCC AB 207153; NRRL B-51273

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU586202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An H, Zhang L, Tang Y, Luo X, Sun T, Li Y, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Skermanella xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1531-1534. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Deserticella xinjiangensis (An et al. 2009) Li et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deserticella xinjiangensis (An et al. 2009) Li et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Skermanella xinjiangensis 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 Skermanella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Skermanella Sly and Stackebrandt 1999

Assigned by: An H, Zhang L, Tang Y, Luo X, Sun T, Li Y, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Skermanella xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1531-1534. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 787924