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Family Kosmotogaceae

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Kosmotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014, fam. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Kosmotoga DiPippo et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Kosmotoga, type genus of the family, suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kosmotogaceae, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Kosmotoga.
Valid publication: BHANDARI, V. and GUPTA, R. S. 2014. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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