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

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, 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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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