Name: Tunturiibacter empetritectus corrig. Messyasz et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: em.pe.tri.tec’tus. L. masc. perf. part. tectus, hidden; N.L. masc. part. adj. empetritectus, growing under tundra heath dominated by E. nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum

Pronunciation, gender: em-pe-tri-TEK-tus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 117310; HAMBI 3810; M8UP23

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR449309 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Messyasz A, Mannisto MK, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Genome analysis and description of Tunturibacter gen. nov. expands the diversity of Terriglobia in tundra soils. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16640.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tunturibacter empetritectus Messyasz et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18652 (N = 4).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.

Parent taxon: Tunturiibacter corrig. Messyasz et al. 2024

Assigned by: Messyasz A, Mannisto MK, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Genome analysis and description of Tunturibacter gen. nov. expands the diversity of Terriglobia in tundra soils. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16640.

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Record number: 53922