Name: Taonella mepensis Xi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.pen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. mepensis, of or belonging to Mepe, short for the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Protein Engineering

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012861; CICC 10529; H1; KACC 16940

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16S rRNA gene: JN693496 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xi XD, Dong WL, Zhang J, Huang Y, Cui ZL. Taonella mepensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2472-2476.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Taonella Xi et al. 2013. Publication: Xi XD, Dong WL, Zhang J, Huang Y, Cui ZL. Taonella mepensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2472-2476.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Taonella Xi et al. 2013

Assigned by: Xi XD, Dong WL, Zhang J, Huang Y, Cui ZL. Taonella mepensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2472-2476.

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