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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphingomonas radiodurans

Name: Sphingomonas radiodurans Liu et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di.o.du’rans. L. masc. n. radius, a beam or ray; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. durans, enduring; N.L. fem. part. adj. radiodurans, resisting radiation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ra-di-o-DU-rans, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2714; JCM 34750; S9-5

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16S rRNA gene: MZ314856 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Chen T, Cui X, Xu Y, Hu S, Zhao Y, Zhang W, Liu G, Zhang G. Sphingomonas radiodurans sp. nov., a novel radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the north slope of Mount Everest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5312. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990

Assigned by: Liu Y, Chen T, Cui X, Xu Y, Hu S, Zhao Y, Zhang W, Liu G, Zhang G. Sphingomonas radiodurans sp. nov., a novel radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the north slope of Mount Everest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5312. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 28336
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