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Genus Glaciihabitans
Name: Glaciihabitans Li et al. 2014
Etymology: Gla.ci.i.ha’bi.tans. L. fem. n. glacies, ice; L. pres. part. habitans, an inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Glaciihabitans, an inhabitant of ice [probably better: Glacieihabitans]
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Glaciihabitant-), gla-ki-i-HA-bi-tans
Type species: Glaciihabitans tibetensis Li et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Li AH, Liu HC, Xin YH, Kim SG, Zhou YG. Glaciihabitans tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from glacier ice water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:579-587. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gaciihabitans"; "Glaciihatitans".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05801 (N = 7).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; KEMB: 1; KCTC: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Glaciihabitans arcticus Dahal and Kim 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Glaciihabitans tibetensis Li et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Li AH, Liu HC, Xin YH, Kim SG, Zhou YG. Glaciihabitans tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from glacier ice water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:579-587. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 518485
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