Name: Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.ra.ge.na. L. fem. n. terra, soil; N.L. adj. suff. -genus -gena -genum, suffix denoting an origin; N.L. fem. adj. terragena, coming from soil [probably better: terrigena]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105501; DSM 11295; HK1 0089T; HKI 89; IFO 16164; JCM 11480; NBRC 16164

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y14152 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K. Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1129-1133.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Demetria Groth et al. 1997. Publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K. Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1129-1133.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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: Demetria Groth et al. 1997

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K. Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1129-1133.

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