Name: "Metallogeniaceae" Zavarzin 1961

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Me.tal.lo.ge.ni.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Metallogeniaceae, the Metallogenium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tal-lo-ge-ni-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Metallogenium" Aristovskaya 1961

Original publication: Zavarzin GA. Budding bacteria. Mikrobiologiya 1961; 30:952-975.

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: Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zavarzin GA. Budding bacteria. Survey (Russian). Transl. Microbiol. 1961; 30:774-791.

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Record number: 14926
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