Name: Subtercola boreus Männistö et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.re’us. L. masc. adj. boreus, Northern, referring to the boreal groundwater aquifer in Finland, from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-168; CCUG 43135; CIP 106947; DSM 13056; JCM 11267; K300; NBRC 103085

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF224722 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mannisto MK, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kampfer P, Tsitko I, Tiirola MA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Subtercola boreus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Subtercola frigoramans sp. nov., two new psychrophilic actinobacteria isolated from boreal groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1731-1739.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Subtercola Männistö et al. 2000. Publication: Mannisto MK, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kampfer P, Tsitko I, Tiirola MA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Subtercola boreus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Subtercola frigoramans sp. nov., two new psychrophilic actinobacteria isolated from boreal groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1731-1739.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Subtercola Männistö et al. 2000

Assigned by: Mannisto MK, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kampfer P, Tsitko I, Tiirola MA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Subtercola boreus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Subtercola frigoramans sp. nov., two new psychrophilic actinobacteria isolated from boreal groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1731-1739.

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Record number: 782281