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Genus Limimonas
Name: Limimonas Amoozegar et al. 2013
Etymology: Li.mi’mo.nas. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Limimonas, a unit (bacterium) isolated from mud
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Limimonad-), li-MI-mo-nas
Type species: Limimonas halophila Amoozegar et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Amoozegar et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567.
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Limimonas" Gilroy et al. 2022.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; IBRC: 1.
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🧕 Amoozegar et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567.
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 Limimonas halophila Amoozegar et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Rhodovibrionaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Record number: 518335
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