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Genus Kallipyga
Name: Kallipyga Hugon et al. 2016
Etymology: Kal.li.py’ga. N.L. fem. n. Kallipyga, of the Greek epithet kallipygos, said of a statue of Aphrodite having beautifully proportioned buttocks
Gender: feminine (stem: Kallipyg-)
Type species: Kallipyga massiliensis Hugon et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hugon P, Ramasamy D, Robert C, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Kallipyga massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Clostridiales Incertae Sedis XI. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:500-515. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hugon et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hugon P, Mishra AK, Lagier JC, Nguyen TT, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Brevibacillus massiliensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:1-14.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kallipya"; "Kallipygia"; "Kallypiga".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2.
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🧕 Hugon et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hugon P, Mishra AK, Lagier JC, Nguyen TT, Couderc C, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Brevibacillus massiliensis sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:1-14.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Kallipyga gabonensis" Mourembou et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Kallipyga massiliensis Hugon et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: [Eubacteriales, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
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