Name: Sorangium kenyense Mohr et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.ny.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. kenyense, of or belonging to Kenya

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 105741; NCCB 100642; Soce 375

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16S rRNA gene: MG824982 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mohr KI, Wolf C, Nubel U, Szafranska AK, Steglich M, Hennessen F, Gemperlein K, Kampfer P, Martin K, Muller R, et al. A polyphasic approach leads to seven new species of the cellulose-decomposing genus Sorangium, Sorangium ambruticinum sp. nov., Sorangium arenae sp. nov., Sorangium bulgaricum sp. nov., Sorangium dawidii sp. nov., Sorangium kenyense sp. nov., Sorangium orientale sp. nov. and Sorangium reichenbachii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3576-3586.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sorangium (ex Jahn 1924) Reichenbach 2007

Assigned by: Mohr KI, Wolf C, Nubel U, Szafranska AK, Steglich M, Hennessen F, Gemperlein K, Kampfer P, Martin K, Muller R, et al. A polyphasic approach leads to seven new species of the cellulose-decomposing genus Sorangium, Sorangium ambruticinum sp. nov., Sorangium arenae sp. nov., Sorangium bulgaricum sp. nov., Sorangium dawidii sp. nov., Sorangium kenyense sp. nov., Sorangium orientale sp. nov. and Sorangium reichenbachii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3576-3586.

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