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Genus Mechercharimyces
Name: Mechercharimyces Matsuo et al. 2006
Etymology: Me.cher.cha.ri’my.ces. N.L. n. Mecherchar, a marine lake located on Mecherchar Island in the Republic of Palau, from where the organisms were isolated; Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; N.L. masc. n. Mechercharimyces, a fungus of Mecherchar
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mechercharimycet-), me-kher-kha-RI-my-kes
Type species: Mechercharimyces mesophilus Matsuo et al. 2006
Valid publication:
Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.
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: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens Matsuo et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mechercharimyces mesophilus Matsuo et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.
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Record number: 516026
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