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Family Trueperaceae
Name: Trueperaceae Rainey et al. 2005
Etymology: True.pe.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Truepera, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Trueperaceae, the Truepera family
Pronunciation, gender: tru͡e-pe-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: Truepera da Costa et al. 2005
Effective publication:
Albuquerque L, Simoes C, Nobre MF, Pino NM, Battista JR, Silva MT, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 247:161-169. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 105. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1743-1745.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Albuquerque et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Deinococcales Rainey et al. 1997.
Publication:
Albuquerque L, Simoes C, Nobre MF, Pino NM, Battista JR, Silva MT, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 247:161-169.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Treuperaceae".
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Rainey et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Albuquerque et al.).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; LMG: 1; CIP: 1.
- 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Rainey, da Costa and Albuquerque.
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🧕 Albuquerque et al. (2005) assigned this family to the order Deinococcales Rainey et al. 1997.
Publication:
Albuquerque L, Simoes C, Nobre MF, Pino NM, Battista JR, Silva MT, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 247:161-169.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Truepera da Costa et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Trueperales García-López et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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Record number: 1521
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