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Genus "Ketogulonicigenium"
Name: "Ketogulonicigenium" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001
Etymology: Ke.to.gu.lo.ni.ci.ge’ni.um. N.L. neut. n. acidum ketogulonicum, ketogulonic acid; N.L. neut. n. suff. -genium, producing; from L. v. geno, to produce; N.L. neut. n. Ketogulonicigenium, that which produces ketogulonic acid
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Ketogulonicigeni-), ke-to-gu-lo-ni-ki-GE-ni-um
Type species: "Ketogulonicigenium vulgare" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001
Original publication:
Urbance JW, Bratina BJ, Stoddard SF, Schmidt TM. Taxonomic characterization of Ketogulonigenium vulgare gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ketogulonigenium robustum sp. nov., which oxidize L-sorbose to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1059-1070. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Ketogulonigenium" Urbance et al. 2001 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161. 🇺🇸
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Ketogulonigenium" Urbance et al. 2001.
Publication:
Urbance JW, Bratina BJ, Stoddard SF, Schmidt TM. Taxonomic characterization of Ketogulonigenium vulgare gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ketogulonigenium robustum sp. nov., which oxidize L-sorbose to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1059-1070. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ketogluconicigenium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; NRRL: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧍 Considered not validly published. — Ketogulonicigenium corrig. Urbance et al. 2001 is not validly published because the type species is not validly published.
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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🧍 The original spelling Ketogulonigenium (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM.
Publication:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Ketogulonicigenium robustum" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001 not validly published preferred name "Ketogulonicigenium vulgare" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
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: 517258
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