Name: Thalassospira australica Ivanova et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’li.ca. N.L. fem. adj. australica, pertaining to the geographic region, Australia, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡us-TRA-li-ka, feminine

Type strain: JCM 31222; KMM 6365; NP 3b2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU553304 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ivanova EP, Lopez-Perez M, Webb HK, Ng HJ, Dang TH, Zhukova NV, Mikhailov VV, Crawford RJ, Rodriguez-Valera F. Thalassospira australica sp. nov. isolated from sea water. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1091-1100. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Lopez-Perez M, Webb HK, Ng HJ, Dang TH, Zhukova NV, Mikhailov VV, Crawford RJ, Rodriguez-Valera F. Thalassospira australica sp. nov. isolated from sea water. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1091-1100. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 794726