Name: Bounagaea Meklat et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bou.na.ga’ea N.L. fem. n. Bounagaea, of Bounaga, named in honour of the memory and untimely death of our late Professor Djilali Bounaga (1931-1980) of the Centre National de Recherche sur les Zones Arides (CNRZA), and also in honour of our Professor Nicole Bounaga-Riveill (CNRZA and URZA) for their broad contributions in teaching and training of researchers in the field of biology in Algeria

Gender: feminine

Type species: Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Meklat A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Bounagaea algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil of Algeria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:473-482.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: [Pseudonocardiales, not assigned to family]

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