Name: Thalassospira indica Liu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LMG 29620; MCCC 1A01103; PB8B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU440798 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Du J, Sun F, Shao Z. Thalassospira indica sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4942-4946.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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: Liu Y, Lai Q, Du J, Sun F, Shao Z. Thalassospira indica sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4942-4946.

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Record number: 794933