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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Entomomonas

Name: Entomomonas Wang et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: En.to.mo’mo.nas. Gr. neut. adj. entomon, insect; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Entomomonas, a genus of microbes that are associated with insects

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Entomomonad-), en-to-MO-mo-nas

Type species: Entomomonas moraniae Wang et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang J, Su Q, Zhang X, Li C, Luo S, Zhou X, Zheng H. Entomomonas moraniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudomonadaceae isolated from Asian honey bee gut, possesses a highly reduced genome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:165-171. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang J, Su Q, Zhang X, Li C, Luo S, Zhou X, Zheng H. Entomomonas moraniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudomonadaceae isolated from Asian honey bee gut, possesses a highly reduced genome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:165-171. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 4939
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