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Genus "Amorphomonas"
Name: "Amorphomonas" Yousuf et al. 2014
Etymology: A.mor.pho’mo.nas. L. fem. n. monas, unit; N.L. fem. n. Amorphomonas
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Amorphomonad-), a-mor-PHO-mo-nas
Type species: "Amorphomonas oryzae" Yousuf et al. 2014
Original publication:
Yousuf B, Kumar R, Mishra A, Jha B. Differential distribution and abundance of diazotrophic bacterial communities across different soil niches using a gene-targeted clone library approach. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 360:117-125. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Amorphomonas oryzae" Yousuf et al. 2014 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 13898
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