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Name: Litchfieldia Gupta et al. 2020
Etymology: Litch.fiel’di.a. N.L. fem. n. Litchfieldia, named after Dr Carol D. Litchfield (1936-2012), a prominent American marine microbiologist and ecologist
Gender: feminine (stem: Litchfieldi-)
Type species: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris (Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Litchfieldia alkalitelluris (Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Litchfieldia luteola (Shi et al. 2011) Li et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Litchfieldia salsa corrig. (Amoozegar et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Litchfieldia salsus (Amoozegar et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Litchfieldia sinesaloumensis (Sarr et al. 2021) Li et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Litchfieldia suaedae (Xu et al. 2022) Li et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
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Record number: 14515