Name: Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae Thaller et al. 2018
Etymology: tur.ris.vir.ga’tae. L. gen. fem. n. turris, tower; L. masc. adj. virgatus, striped; N.L. gen. fem. n. turrisvirgatae, from the name of the site where the organism was first isolated, namely Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (of the striped tower)
Type strain: BAC RE RSCIC 7; DSM 105457; MCT13
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16S rRNA gene: MG077083 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Thaller MC, D'Andrea MM, Marmo P, Civitareale C, Casu F, Migliore L. Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae sp. nov., an agar-degrading species isolated from freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2794-2799.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990
Assigned by: Thaller MC, D'Andrea MM, Marmo P, Civitareale C, Casu F, Migliore L. Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae sp. nov., an agar-degrading species isolated from freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2794-2799.
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Record number: 797921