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Genus Lunatimonas
Name: Lunatimonas Srinivas et al. 2015
Etymology: Lu.na.ti’mo.nas. L. masc. adj. lunatus, half-moon shaped; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Lunatimonas, a half-moon shaped unit (bacterium)
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lunatimonad-), lu-na-TI-mo-nas
Type species: Lunatimonas lonarensis Srinivas et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Srinivas TN, Aditya S, Bhumika V, Kumar PA. Lunatimonas lonarensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaline bacterium of the family Cyclobacteriaceae with nitrate reducing activity. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:10-16. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KCTC: 1; MTCC: 1; LMG: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lunatimonas lonarensis Srinivas et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Lunatimonas salinarum Divyasree et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012
Assigned by:
Srinivas TN, Aditya S, Bhumika V, Kumar PA. Lunatimonas lonarensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaline bacterium of the family Cyclobacteriaceae with nitrate reducing activity. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:10-16.
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Record number: 518712
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