Name: Tundrisphaera lichenicola Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.che.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. lichen, lichen; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. lichenicola, inhabitant of lichens

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LMG 29571; P12; VKM B-3044

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16S rRNA gene: KX943553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3583-3589.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tundrisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2017. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3583-3589.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tundrisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Detkova EN, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3583-3589.

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Record number: 795869