Genus Demetria
Name: Demetria Groth et al. 1997
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. Dêmêtêr, Greek female god of agriculture and wives; Gr. fem. adj. suff. -ia, suff. denoting belonging to; N.L. fem. n. Demetria, belonging to Dêmêtêr, intended to mean a bacterium being responsible for fertility
Type species: Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997
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Valid publication:
Groth I, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Martin K, Schuetze B, Augsten K. Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1129-1133. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
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 Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.
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