Name: Zhihengliuella alba Tang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the white colour of colonies

Pronunciation, gender: AL-ba, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21143; JCM 16961; KCTC 19375; NBRC 109061; YIM 90734

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB778263 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lou K, Cao LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella alba sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2025-2031.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species, and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Chen Y, Lou K, Cao LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella alba sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Zhihengliuella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2025-2031.

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