Name: Terriglobus tenax Whang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ten’ax. L. adj. tenax, sticky, holding firm, referring to the organism’s viscous colonies

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DRP 35; DSM 28898; KACC 16474; NBRC 109677

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN543507 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whang KS, Lee JC, Lee HR, Han SI, Chung SH. Terriglobus tenax sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing acidobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:431-437.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Terriglobus Eichorst et al. 2007

Assigned by: Whang KS, Lee JC, Lee HR, Han SI, Chung SH. Terriglobus tenax sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing acidobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:431-437.

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Record number: 791541