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Genus Cocleimonas
Name: Cocleimonas Tanaka et al. 2011
Etymology: Co.cle.i’mo.nas. L. fem. n. coclea, a snail; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Cocleimonas, unit (bacterium) from a snail
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Cocleimonad-), ko-kle-I-mo-nas
Type species: Cocleimonas flava Tanaka et al. 2011
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Tanaka N, Romanenko LA, Iino T, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Cocleimonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from sand snail (Umbonium costatum). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:412-416. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Boscaro et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Boscaro V, Vannini C, Fokin SI, Verni F, Petroni G. Characterization of "Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis" from the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:432-440.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; NRIC: 1; JCM: 1; KMM: 1.
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🧕 Boscaro et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Boscaro V, Vannini C, Fokin SI, Verni F, Petroni G. Characterization of "Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis" from the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) and emended description of the family Francisellaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:432-440.
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 Cocleimonas flava Tanaka et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Leucotrichaceae Buchanan 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Boden R, Scott KM. Evaluation of the genus Thiothrix Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aruga et al. 2002: reclassification of Thiothrix disciformis to Thiolinea disciformis gen. nov., comb. nov., and of Thiothrix flexilis to Thiofilum flexile gen. nov., comb nov., with emended description of Thiothrix. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2226-2239.
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