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Genus "Dehalococcoides"
Name: "Dehalococcoides" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997
Etymology: De.ha.lo.cocc.o.i’des. L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling; N.L. masc. n. Dehalococcoides, coccus-shaped dehalogenating organism
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Dehalococcoid-), de-ha-lo-kokk-o-I-des
Type species: "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997
Original publication:
Maymo-Gatell X, Chien Y, Gossett JM, Zinder SH. Isolation of a bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to ethene. Science 1997; 276:1568-1571. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Dehalococcoidetes" Hugenholtz and Stackebrandt 2004.
Publication:
Hugenholtz P, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2049-2051. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subphylum "Dehalococcoidotia" Cavalier-Smith 2020.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chlorobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Dehalococcoides Löffler et al. 2013.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Dehalococcoidetes" Hugenholtz and Stackebrandt 2004.
Publication:
Hugenholtz P, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Sphaerobacter thermophilus from the subclass Sphaerobacteridae in the phylum Actinobacteria to the class Thermomicrobia (emended description) in the phylum Chloroflexi (emended description). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2049-2051.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" Maymo-Gatell et al. 1997 not validly published preferred name
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Record number: 39616
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