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Genus "Igneococcus"
Name: "Igneococcus" Burggraf et al. 1997
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Igneococc-), i-n͡gne-o-KOK-kus
Type species: "Igneococcus islandicus" Burggraf et al. 1997
Original publication:
Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Igneococcales" Burggraf et al. 1997.
Publication:
Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
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🧕 Burggraf et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the order "Igneococcales" Burggraf et al. 1997.
Publication:
Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
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🧍 Considered not validly published. Incidental mention of a name.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Igneococcales" Burggraf et al. 1997.
Publication:
Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
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 "Igneococcus islandicus" Burggraf et al. 1997 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983
Assigned by:
Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO. Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:657-660.
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Record number: 36310
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