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Genus Bounagaea
Name: Bounagaea Meklat et al. 2015
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 (stem: Bounagae-)
Type species: Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Meklat et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Pseudonocardiales Labeda and Goodfellow 2015.
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.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Meklat et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Pseudonocardiales Labeda and Goodfellow 2015.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bounagaea algeriensis Meklat et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989
Assigned by:
Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ. Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5075.
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Record number: 518812
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