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Genus "Lineola"
Name: "Lineola" Pringsheim and Robinow 1947
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Lineola
Gender: feminine (stem: Lineol-)
Type species: "Lineola longa" Pringsheim and Robinow 1947
Original publication:
Pringsheim EG, Robinow CF. Observations on two very large bacteria, Caryophanon latum Peshkoff and Lineola longa (nomen provisorium). J Gen Microbiol 1947; 1:267-278. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ldneola"; "Limola"; "Lineala"; "Liueola".
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LNOL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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 "Lineola articulata" Pringsheim 1950 not validly published preferred name "Lineola longa" Pringsheim and Robinow 1947 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
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Record number: 9816
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