Name: Xylella taiwanensis Su et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.wan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80915; JCM 31187; PLS229

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JDSQ01000040 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Su CC, Deng WL, Jan FJ, Chang CJ, Huang H, Shih HT, Chen J. Xylella taiwanensis sp. nov., causing pear leaf scorch disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4766-4771.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Xylella Wells et al. 1987

Assigned by: Su CC, Deng WL, Jan FJ, Chang CJ, Huang H, Shih HT, Chen J. Xylella taiwanensis sp. nov., causing pear leaf scorch disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4766-4771.

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Record number: 794843