Name: Stella vacuolata Vasilyeva 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.cu.o.la’ta. L. masc. adj. vacuus, empty, void; L. masc. perf. part. latus, broad, wide; N.L. fem. adj. vacuolata, vacuolate (large areas in cytoplasm appear empty due to gas vesicle formation)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43931; DSM 5901; INMI 229; VKM B-1552

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16S rRNA gene: AJ535711 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vasilyeva LV. Stella, a new genus of soil prosthecobacteria, with proposals for Stella humosa sp. nov. and Stella vacuolata sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:518-521.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Stella Vasilyeva 1985

Assigned by: Vasilyeva LV. Stella, a new genus of soil prosthecobacteria, with proposals for Stella humosa sp. nov. and Stella vacuolata sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:518-521.

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Record number: 781241