Name: "Sporosarcina obsidiansis" Keshri et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ob.si.di.an’sis. N.L. fem. adj. obsidiansis, referring to the geographic area from where the isolates were recovered that is high in obsidian rock [probably better: obsidianensis]

Pronunciation, gender: ob-si-di-AN-sis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: A15; NRRL Y-65558

16S rRNA gene: MN582950 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Keshri J, Smith KM, Svendsen MK, Keillor HR, Moss ML, Jordan HJ, Larkin AM, Garrish JK, Line JE, Ball PN, et al. Phenotypic Characterization and Draft Genome Sequence Analyses of Two Novel Endospore-Forming Sporosarcina spp. Isolated from Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Feces. Microorganisms 2023; 12:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Keshri J, Smith KM, Svendsen MK, Keillor HR, Moss ML, Jordan HJ, Larkin AM, Garrish JK, Line JE, Ball PN, et al. Phenotypic Characterization and Draft Genome Sequence Analyses of Two Novel Endospore-Forming Sporosarcina spp. Isolated from Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Feces. Microorganisms 2023; 12:0.

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Record number: 44860
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