Name: Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis Zepeda et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.pa.ha.nau.mo’ku’a.ke.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. papahanaumokuakeensis, derived from Papahānaumokuākea, the Marine National Monument within which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-995; DSM 16455; DSM 23961; PH27A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF513467 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zepeda VK, Busse HJ, Golke J, Saw JH, Alam M, Donachie SP. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3609-3617.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terasakiispira Zepeda et al. 2015. Publication: Zepeda VK, Busse HJ, Golke J, Saw JH, Alam M, Donachie SP. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3609-3617.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the publication of Zepeda et al. 2015, the DSM number of strain PH27A is mistakenly given as DSM 23961 rather than DSM 29361. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Terasakiispira Zepeda et al. 2015

Assigned by: Zepeda VK, Busse HJ, Golke J, Saw JH, Alam M, Donachie SP. Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3609-3617.

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Record number: 793295