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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Variovorax humicola

Name: Variovorax humicola Nguyen and Kim 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi’co.la. L. fem. n. humus, soil; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabiting; N.L. masc./fem. n. humicola, soil-inhabiting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wa-ri-O-wo-rax hu-MI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: KACC 18501; NBRC 111520; UC 38

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16S rRNA gene: KT301941 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Description of Variovorax humicola sp. nov., isolated from a forest topsoil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2520-2527. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3769-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Variovorax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Nguyen TM, Kim J. Description of Variovorax humicola sp. nov., isolated from a forest topsoil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2520-2527. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 794306

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