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Genus Meinhardsimonia
Name: Meinhardsimonia Hördt et al. 2020
Etymology: Mein.hard.si.mo’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Meinhardsimonia, named after the German microbiologist Meinhard Simon for his work on marine Rhodobacteraceae
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Meinhardsimoni-), me͡in-hard-si-MO-ni-a
Type species: Meinhardsimonia xiamenensis (Yin et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Albidovulum Albuquerque et al. 2003.
Publication:
Yin D, Xiao J, Ao J, Ai C, Chen X. Albidovulum xiamenense sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1609-1612. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; MCCC: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1.
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🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Meinhardsimonia xiamenensis (Yin et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 11046
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