Name: Rothia terrae Chou et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, referring to the organism being isolated from soil

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17588; DSM 22277; JCM 15158; L-143; LMG 23708

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ822568 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Rothia terrae sp. nov. isolated from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:84-88.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Rothia terrae sp. nov. isolated from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:84-88.

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