Name: Thalassospira lohafexi Shivaji et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo.ha.fe’xi. N.L. gen. neut. n. lohafexi, of or pertaining to LOHAFEX, refers to the Indo-German iron fertilization experiment, the LOHAFEX

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lo-ha-FE-ksi, feminine

Type strain: 139Z-12; KCTC 32347; LMG 27449; MCC 2233; NBRC 110402

16S rRNA gene: GU584152 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shivaji S, Sathyanarayana Reddy G, Sundareswaran VR, Thomas C. Description of Thalassospira lohafexi sp. nov., isolated from Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:627-637. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The collection numbers MCC 2233 and NBRC 110402 are only mentioned in the abstract of the effective publication and not in the species description (protologue). — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Shivaji S, Sathyanarayana Reddy G, Sundareswaran VR, Thomas C. Description of Thalassospira lohafexi sp. nov., isolated from Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:627-637. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 793244