Name: Thioclava atlantica Lai et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.lan’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. atlantica, referring to the Atlantic Ocean, where the strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 13D2W-2; LMG 27145; MCCC 1A02612

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ755834 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lai Q, Li S, Xu H, Jiang L, Zhang R, Shao Z. Thioclava atlantica sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:919-925.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08401 (N = 50).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times 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: Thioclava Sorokin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lai Q, Li S, Xu H, Jiang L, Zhang R, Shao Z. Thioclava atlantica sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:919-925.

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