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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Crocebacterium"

Name: "Crocebacterium" Rogers and Doran-Peterson 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cro.ce.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. croceus, saffron-colored, golden, yellow; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Crocebacterium, a small yellow bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Crocebacteri-), kro-ke-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Crocebacterium ilecola" Rogers and Doran-Peterson 2010

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rogers TE, Doran-Peterson J. Analysis of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzyme activity within the Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae) larval gut and characterization of Crocebacterium ilecola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Tipula abdominalis larval hindgut. Insect Science 2010; 17:291-302. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Assigned by: Rogers TE, Doran-Peterson J. Analysis of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzyme activity within the Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae) larval gut and characterization of Crocebacterium ilecola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Tipula abdominalis larval hindgut. Insect Science 2010; 17:291-302. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 3149
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