Family Williamwhitmaniaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Williamwhitmaniaceae Pikuta et al. 2017, fam. nov.
Nomenclatural type: ¤ Williamwhitmania Pikuta et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Williamwhitmania, type genus of the family; -aceae, ending to denote family; Williamwhitmaniaceae, the Williamwhitmania family.
Valid publication: PIKUTA, E. V., LYU, Z., HOOVER, R. B., LIU, Y., PATEL, N. B., BUSSE, H.-J. and LAWSON, P. A. 2017. Williamwhitmania taraxaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteolytic anaerobe with a novel type of cytology from Lake Untersee in Antarctica, description of Williamwhitmaniaceae fam. nov., and emendation of the order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4132-4145.
Original article in IJSEM Online
