Name: Tongtianella jiaweipingae Luo et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ji.a.wei.pin’gae. N.L. gen. fem. n. jiaweipingae, of Weiping Jia, researcher at Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, in recognition of her contributions to clinical microbiology and metabolic disease research

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ji-a-we͡i-PIN-ga͡e, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.1729; KACC 22128; zg-332

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16S rRNA gene: MT894138 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luo W, Tao Y, Zhou J, Zhang G, Chen M, Liu Y, Pu J, Zheng H, Yang J, Xu J. Tongtianella jiaweipingae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Schaalia zhouxuedongae sp. nov., two new members of the family Actinomycetaceae, isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7142. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tongtianella Luo et al. 2026. Publication: Luo W, Tao Y, Zhou J, Zhang G, Chen M, Liu Y, Pu J, Zheng H, Yang J, Xu J. Tongtianella jiaweipingae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Schaalia zhouxuedongae sp. nov., two new members of the family Actinomycetaceae, isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7142. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-05-14.

Parent taxon: Tongtianella Luo et al. 2026

Assigned by: Luo W, Tao Y, Zhou J, Zhang G, Chen M, Liu Y, Pu J, Zheng H, Yang J, Xu J. Tongtianella jiaweipingae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Schaalia zhouxuedongae sp. nov., two new members of the family Actinomycetaceae, isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7142. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 71877