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Genus Aurantimicrobium
Name: Aurantimicrobium Nakai et al. 2015
Etymology: Au.ran.ti.mi.cro’bi.um. N.L. masc. adj. aurantus, orange-coloured; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Aurantimicrobium, orange-coloured microbe
Gender: neuter (stem: Aurantimicrobi-)
Type species: Aurantimicrobium minutum Nakai et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Nakai R, Baba T, Niki H, Nishijima M, Naganuma T. Aurantimicrobium minutum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from river water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4072-4079. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07962 (N = 8).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCIMB: 1; NBRC: 1; CCUG: 1; DSM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Aurantimicrobium minutum Nakai et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Aurantimicrobium photophilum Hahn et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Nakai R, Baba T, Niki H, Nishijima M, Naganuma T. Aurantimicrobium minutum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from river water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4072-4079.
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Record number: 518821
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