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Genus "Candidatus Heliomonas"
Name: "Candidatus Heliomonas" Asao et al. 2012
Etymology: He.li.o’mo.nas. Gr. masc. n. hêlios, the sun; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Heliomonas, the solar unit
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Heliomonad-), he-li-O-mo-nas
Type species: "Candidatus Heliomonas lunata" Asao et al. 2012
Effective publication:
Asao M, Takaichi S, Madigan MT. Amino acid-assimilating phototrophic heliobacteria from soda lake environments: Heliorestis acidaminivorans sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Heliomonas lunata'. Extremophiles 2012; 16:585-595. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Asao et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Asao M, Takaichi S, Madigan MT. Amino acid-assimilating phototrophic heliobacteria from soda lake environments: Heliorestis acidaminivorans sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Heliomonas lunata'. Extremophiles 2012; 16:585-595. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Asao et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Asao M, Takaichi S, Madigan MT. Amino acid-assimilating phototrophic heliobacteria from soda lake environments: Heliorestis acidaminivorans sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Heliomonas lunata'. Extremophiles 2012; 16:585-595.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Heliomonas lunata" Asao et al. 2012 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacillota, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 21772
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