Name: Actomonas Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.to’mo.nas. Gr. fem. n. aktê, the sea shore; L. fem. n. monas, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Actomonas, a microbe of the sea shore

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Actomonad-), ak-TO-mo-nas

Type species: Actomonas aquatica Zhang et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang AH, Tang H, Wang L, He W, Gao TH, Gao ZG, Zhang DF. Actomonas aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine lineage in the phylum Verrucomicrobiota with genetic potential for carbon and nitrogen fixation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6314. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

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: Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zhang AH, Tang H, Wang L, He W, Gao TH, Gao ZG, Zhang DF. Actomonas aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine lineage in the phylum Verrucomicrobiota with genetic potential for carbon and nitrogen fixation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6314. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 46804
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