Name: Mechercharimyces Matsuo et al. 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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 (Latin): masculine (stem: Mechercharimycet-), me-kher-kha-RI-my-kes

Type species: Mechercharimyces mesophilus Matsuo et al. 2006

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

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

Subdivision:

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

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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