Name: Terrabacter terrae Montero-Barrientos et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 3379; JCM 14283; KCTC 39574; LMG 22921; PPLB

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16S rRNA gene: AY944176 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montero-Barrientos M, Rivas R, Velazquez E, Monte E, Roig MG. Terrabacter terrae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil in Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2491-2495.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Assigned by: Montero-Barrientos M, Rivas R, Velazquez E, Monte E, Roig MG. Terrabacter terrae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil in Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2491-2495.

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Record number: 785052