Name: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. aegles Goto et al. 2023

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ae’gles. L. gen. fem. n. aegles, of Aegle, mythological figure, name of one of the daughters of Atlas and Hesperides in Greek mythology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus hes-PE-ri-dum A͡E-gles, masculine

Type strain: DSM 11985; FR-12; NBRC 113041

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16S rRNA gene: LC314802 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Goto K, Fujii T, Yasui K, Mochida K, Kato-Tanaka Y, Morohoshi S, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of a novel subspecies: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subspecies aegles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6067. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum Albuquerque et al. 2000

Assigned by: Goto K, Fujii T, Yasui K, Mochida K, Kato-Tanaka Y, Morohoshi S, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of a novel subspecies: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subspecies aegles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6067. 🇯🇵

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