Genus "Frigovirgula"

Name: "Frigovirgula" Pikuta and Hoover 2003

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Fri.go.vir’gu.la. L. fem. dim. n. virgula, twig; N.L. fem. dim. n. Frigovirgula

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Frigovirgul-), fri-go-WIR-gu-la

Type species: "Frigovirgula patagoniensis" Pikuta and Hoover 2003

Original publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB. Psychrophiles and astrobiology: microbial life of frozen worlds. In: Hoover RB, Rozanov AY, Lipps JH (eds), Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VI. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4939, SPIE, Bellingham (Washington), 2003, p. 103-116.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Proteocatella Pikuta et al. 2009. Publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Lupa B, Tang J, Krader P. Proteocatella sphenisci gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, spore-forming anaerobe isolated from penguin guano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2302-2307. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Frigovirgula patagoniensis" Pikuta and Hoover 2003	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Dewhirst FE, Klein EA, Thompson EC, Blanton JM, Chen T, Milella L, Buckley CM, Davis IJ, Bennett ML, Marshall-Jones ZV. The canine oral microbiome. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36067. 🇺🇸

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