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Genus Cypionkella
Name: Cypionkella Hördt et al. 2020
Etymology: Cy.pi.on.kel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Cypionkella, named after the German microbiologist Heribert Cypionka for his work on marine Rhodobacteraceae
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cypionkell-), ky-pi-on-KEL-la
Type species: Cypionkella psychrotolerans (Lee et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudorhodobacter Uchino et al. 2003.
Publication:
Lee YM, Yang JY, Baek K, Han SJ, Shin SC, Hwang CY, Hong SG, Lee HK. Pseudorhodobacter psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from terrestrial soil, and emended description of the genus Pseudorhodobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1068-1073. 🇰🇷
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; CGMCC: 2; LMG: 1; CCTCC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cypionkella aquatica (Li et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cypionkella collinsensis (Zhang et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cypionkella psychrotolerans (Lee et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cypionkella sinensis (Li et al. 2016) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 11044
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