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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Aquibacter

Name: Aquibacter Hameed et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.bac’ter. L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aquibacter, rod isolated from water

Gender: masculine (stem: Aquibacter-)

Type species: Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Hameed et al. 2014

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Lai WA, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Young CC. Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Aestuariibaculum and Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:138-145.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

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: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Lai WA, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Young CC. Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Aestuariibaculum and Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:138-145.

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Record number: 517541
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