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Name:Deinococcusdaejeonensis Srinivasanet al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dae.jeon.en’sis.N.L. masc. adj.daejeonensis, of or pertaining to Daejeon, a city in South Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain:DSM 26465;JCM 16918;KCTC 13751; MJ27

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene:JF806527AnalyseFASTA

Valid publication: Srinivasan S, Kim MK, Lim S, Joe M, Lee M.Deinococcus daejeonensis sp. nov., isolated from sludge in a sewage disposal plant.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012;62:1265-1270.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012;62:2048-2049.

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon:Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981

Assigned by: Srinivasan S, Kim MK, Lim S, Joe M, Lee M.Deinococcus daejeonensis sp. nov., isolated from sludge in a sewage disposal plant.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012;62:1265-1270.

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