Genus "Magnetofaba"

Name: "Magnetofaba" Morillo et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.gne.to’fa.ba. N.L. fem. n. Magnetofaba, magnes etos, a magnet; Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; L. fem. n. faba, a faba bean

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Magnetofab-), ma-n͡gne-TO-fa-ba

Type species: "Magnetofaba australis" Morillo et al. 2014

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Morillo V, Abreu F, Araujo AC, de Almeida LG, Enrich-Prast A, Farina M, de Vasconcelos AT, Bazylinski DA, Lins U. Isolation, cultivation and genomic analysis of magnetosome biomineralization genes of a new genus of South-seeking magnetotactic cocci within the Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:72.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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: 1

Parent taxon: Magnetococcaceae Bazylinski et al. 2013

Assigned by: Morillo V, Abreu F, Araujo AC, de Almeida LG, Enrich-Prast A, Farina M, de Vasconcelos AT, Bazylinski DA, Lins U. Isolation, cultivation and genomic analysis of magnetosome biomineralization genes of a new genus of South-seeking magnetotactic cocci within the Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:72.

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Record number: 9206
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