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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Family "Aquichromatiaceae"

Name: "Aquichromatiaceae" Yang et al. 2017

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.chro.ma.ti.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Aquichromatium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aquichromatiaceae, the family of the genus Aquichromatium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-khro-ma-ti-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Aquichromatium" Yang et al. 2017

Original publication: Yang L, Tang L, Liu L, Salam N, Li WJ, Zhang Y. Aquichromatium aeriopus gen. nov., sp. nov., A Non-phototrophic Aerobic Chemoheterotrophic Bacterium, and Proposal of Aquichromatiaceae fam. nov. in the Order Chromatiales. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:972-978. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: Yang L, Tang L, Liu L, Salam N, Li WJ, Zhang Y. Aquichromatium aeriopus gen. nov., sp. nov., A Non-phototrophic Aerobic Chemoheterotrophic Bacterium, and Proposal of Aquichromatiaceae fam. nov. in the Order Chromatiales. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:972-978. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 180

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