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Genus Motiliproteus
Name: Motiliproteus Wang et al. 2015
Etymology: Mo.ti.li.pro’teus. N.L. masc./fem. adj. motilis, motile; Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, a mythical figure able to assume different forms; N.L. masc. n. Motiliproteus, a motile bacteria of various forms
Gender: masculine (stem: Motiliprote-)
Type species: Motiliproteus sediminis Wang et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Wang ZJ, Xie ZH, Wang C, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Motiliproteus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:615-621. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Wang et al. 2018
Wang G, Xu S, Su H, Chen B, Huang W, Liang J, Wang Y, Yu K. Motiliproteus coralliicola sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from coral. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3292-3295.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Wang et al. 2018
Wang G, Xu S, Su H, Chen B, Huang W, Liang J, Wang Y, Yu K. Motiliproteus coralliicola sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from coral. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3292-3295.
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CICC: 1; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.
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 Motiliproteus coralliicola Wang et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Motiliproteus sediminis Wang et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Wang ZJ, Xie ZH, Wang C, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Motiliproteus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:615-621.
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Record number: 518711
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