Name: Pseudofrankia inefficax (Nouioui et al. 2017) Gtari 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Frankia inefficax Nouioui et al. 2017

Etymology: in.ef’fi.cax. L. fem. adj. inefficax, inefficient in reference to the inability of the bacterium to form the effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with its plant host

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 9037; DSM 45817; EuI1c

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16S rRNA gene: KX695197 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gtari M. Taxogenomic status of phylogenetically distant Frankia clusters warrants their elevation to the rank of genus: A description of Protofrankia gen. nov., Parafrankia gen. nov., and Pseudofrankia gen. nov. as three novel genera within the family Frankiaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1041425.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Frankia inefficax Nouioui et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Frankia inefficax Nouioui et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudofrankia Gtari 2023. Publication: Gtari M. Taxogenomic status of phylogenetically distant Frankia clusters warrants their elevation to the rank of genus: A description of Protofrankia gen. nov., Parafrankia gen. nov., and Pseudofrankia gen. nov. as three novel genera within the family Frankiaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1041425.
  • ❗ Pseudofrankia inefficax is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudofrankia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudofrankia Gtari 2023

Assigned by: Gtari M. Taxogenomic status of phylogenetically distant Frankia clusters warrants their elevation to the rank of genus: A description of Protofrankia gen. nov., Parafrankia gen. nov., and Pseudofrankia gen. nov. as three novel genera within the family Frankiaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1041425.

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Record number: 37241