Name: Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. n. limus, mud; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Limibacter, rod from mud, referring to the isolation source of the first strains

Type species: Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008

Valid publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:982-986.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Limus is a Latin noun, not a Latin adjective as cited in the etymology provided in the paper by Yoon et al. 2008.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Flammeovirgaceae Yoon et al. 2011

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