Genus Microcosmobacter

Name: Microcosmobacter Rey-Velasco et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.cos.mo.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. kosmos, universe or world; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Microcosmobacter, a rod from a microcosm, in reference to the isolation site, a microcosm experiment

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Microcosmobacter-), mi-kro-kos-mo-BAK-ter

Type species: Microcosmobacter mediterraneus Rey-Velasco et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rey-Velasco X, Lucena T, Belda A, Gasol JM, Sanchez O, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of 26 novel marine bacterial strains with relevant biogeochemical roles and widespread presence across the global ocean. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1407904.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Rey-Velasco X, Lucena T, Belda A, Gasol JM, Sanchez O, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of 26 novel marine bacterial strains with relevant biogeochemical roles and widespread presence across the global ocean. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1407904.

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Record number: 49390
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