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Genus Heliimonas
Name: Heliimonas Leandro et al. 2013
Etymology: He.li.i’mo.nas. N.L. fem. n. Helia, Hel (the goddess of Hell in Nordic mythology); L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Heliimonas, a unit (bacterium) isolated near Hell (i.e. isolated from a 150 m borehole)
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Heliimonad-), he-li-I-mo-nas
Type species: Heliimonas saccharivorans Leandro et al. 2013
Valid publication:
Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 Heliimonas saccharivorans Leandro et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799. 🇵🇹
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Record number: 518431
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