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Family "Meganemaceae"
Name: "Meganemaceae" McIlroy et al. 2015
Etymology: Me.ga.nem.a’ce.ae. N.L. neut. n. Meganema, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Meganemaceae, the family of Meganema (sic)
Type genus: Meganema Thomsen et al. 2006
Original publication:
McIlroy SJ, Lapidus A, Thomsen TR, Han J, Haynes M, Lobos E, Huntemann M, Pati A, Ivanova NN, Markowitz V, et al. High quality draft genome sequence of Meganema perideroedes str. Gr1T and a proposal for its reclassification to the family Meganemaceae fam. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:23. 
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)
Preferred name: "Meganemataceae" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Neomegalonemataceae Hördt et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Meganemataceae" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2015 corrected spelling of name, not validly published
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Notes:
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Oren A. On names of genera of prokaryotes that are later homonyms of generic names with standing in the zoological or the botanical nomenclature. Proposal of Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov. as replacements for the prokaryotic generic name Meganema and the species name Meganema perideroedes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4276-4278.
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🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Oren A. On names of genera of prokaryotes that are later homonyms of generic names with standing in the zoological or the botanical nomenclature. Proposal of Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov. as replacements for the prokaryotic generic name Meganema and the species name Meganema perideroedes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4276-4278.
Parent taxon: Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Record number: 228
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