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Genus Faunimonas
Name: Faunimonas Proença et al. 2022
Etymology: Fau.ni’mo.nas. L. masc. n. Faunus, ancient mythical king of Lazio, venerated as the god of the forest, plain and fields; L. fem. n. monas, the number one, unit; N.L. fem. n. Faunimonas, unicellular organism from the forest, plain and fields
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Faunimonad-), fa͡u-NI-mo-nas
Type species: Faunimonas pinastri Proença et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Proença DN, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Morais PV. Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2022; 72:0. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5799.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Afifellaceae Hördt et al. 2020.
Publication:
diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanović N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇨🇦
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Faunomonas".
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; UCCCB: 1; LMG: 1.
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🧕 DiCenzo et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Afifellaceae Hördt et al. 2020.
Publication:
diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanović N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.
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 Faunimonas pinastri Proença et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Proença DN, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Morais PV. Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2022; 72:0. 🇵🇹
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Record number: 35202
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