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Genus Denitrobacterium
Name: Denitrobacterium Anderson et al. 2000
Etymology: De.ni.tro.bac.te’ri.um. L. prep. de, from; L. n. nitro, nitrocompound; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Denitrobacterium, nitrocompound-reducing rod
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Denitrobacteri-), de-ni-tro-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Denitrobacterium detoxificans Anderson et al. 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Anderson RC, Rasmussen MA, Jensen NS, Allison MJ. Denitrobacterium detoxificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ruminal bacterium that respires on nitrocompounds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:633-638. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Coriobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997.
Publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
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 Denitrobacterium detoxificans Anderson et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Eggerthellaceae Gupta et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Gupta RS. Eggerthellaceae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2021, p. 1-11. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 517220
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