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Genus Fonticella
Name: Fonticella Fraj et al. 2013
Etymology: Fon.ti.cel’la. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; L. fem. n. cella, a storeroom, in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Fonticella, a cell (bacterium) isolated from a spring
Gender: feminine (stem: Fonticell-)
Type species: Fonticella tunisiensis Fraj et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Fraj B, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fonticella tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1947-1950. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Caloramatoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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 Fonticella tunisiensis Fraj et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fraj B, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fonticella tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1947-1950.
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Record number: 518371
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