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Name: Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000
Etymology: Mi.cro.mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Micromonas, tiny cell
Gender: feminine (stem: Micromonad-)
Type species: Micromonas micra corrig. (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000
Effective publication:
Murdoch DA, Shah HN. Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov. Anaerobe 1999; 5:555-559.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Parvimonas Tindall and Euzéby 2006 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Micromonas bravo" Du et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name |
Micromonas micra corrig. (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Micromonas micros (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 | inaccurate spelling and illegitimate | misspelling |
"Micromonas pusilla" Omoto and Witman 1981 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014
Assigned by:
Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545.
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Record number: 516091