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Genus Hugenholtzia
Name: Hugenholtzia Hahnke et al. 2017
Etymology: Hu.gen.holt’zi.a. N.L. fem. n. Hugenholtzia, named after Philip Hugenholtz, Professor at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, who played a decisive role in starting the GEBA project
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Hugenholtzi-), hu-gen-HOLT-zi-a
Type species: Hugenholtzia roseola (Lewin 1969) Hahnke et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: IFO: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1; LMG: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.
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 Hugenholtzia roseola (Lewin 1969) Hahnke et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bernardetiaceae Hahnke et al. 2017
Assigned by:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 519189
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