Name: Xenorhabdus indica Somvanshi et al. 2009
Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, of India, the origin of the novel bacterial and nematode species
Type strain: 28; CIP 108830; DSM 17382
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16S rRNA gene: AM040494 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Somvanshi VS, Lang E, Ganguly S, Swiderski J, Saxena AK, Stackebrandt E. A novel species of Xenorhabdus, family Enterobacteriaceae: Xenorhabdus indica sp. nov., symbiotically associated with entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum Ganguly and Singh, 2000. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:519-525.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 130. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2647-2648.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Xenorhabdus Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Somvanshi VS, Lang E, Ganguly S, Swiderski J, Saxena AK, Stackebrandt E. A novel species of Xenorhabdus, family Enterobacteriaceae: Xenorhabdus indica sp. nov., symbiotically associated with entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum Ganguly and Singh, 2000. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:519-525.
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