Name: Acidicapsa ligni Kulichevskaya et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lig’ni. L. gen. neut. n. ligni, of wood, referring to the isolation of known strains from wood material

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 25248; LMG 26244; NCCB 100371; VKM B-2677; WH120

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU780204 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Kostina LA, Valaskova V, Rijpstra WI, Damste JS, de Boer W, Dedysh SN. Acidicapsa borealis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidicapsa ligni sp. nov., subdivision 1 Acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat and decaying wood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1512-1520.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acidicapsa Kulichevskaya et al. 2012

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Kostina LA, Valaskova V, Rijpstra WI, Damste JS, de Boer W, Dedysh SN. Acidicapsa borealis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidicapsa ligni sp. nov., subdivision 1 Acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat and decaying wood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1512-1520.

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Record number: 789969