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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Family Speluncibacteraceae

Name: Speluncibacteraceae Lee et al. 2024

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Spe.lun.ci.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Speluncibacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Speluncibacteraceae, the Speluncibacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spe-lun-ki-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Speluncibacter Lee et al. 2024

Valid publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Han JH, Kim IS. Speluncibacter jeojiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the order Mycobacteriales isolated from a cave and a proposal of Speluncibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6267. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6301.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lee SD, Yang HL, Han JH, Kim IS. Speluncibacter jeojiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the order Mycobacteriales isolated from a cave and a proposal of Speluncibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6267. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 43972

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