Name: Zhihengliuella somnathii Jha et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: som.nath’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. somnathii, of somnath, the presiding deity, dating back to prehistoric era of the area of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23187; IMCC 253; JCM 31986; JG 03

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU937748 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jha B, Kumar Singh V, Weiss A, Hartmann A, Schmid M. Zhihengliuella somnathii sp. nov., a halotolerant actinobacterium from the rhizosphere of a halophyte Salicornia brachiata. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3137-3142.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Jha B, Kumar Singh V, Weiss A, Hartmann A, Schmid M. Zhihengliuella somnathii sp. nov., a halotolerant actinobacterium from the rhizosphere of a halophyte Salicornia brachiata. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3137-3142.

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Record number: 793136