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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Mycovorax

Name: Mycovorax Thai et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.co’vo.rax. Gr. masc. n. mykês, mushroom; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Mycovorax, devourer of fungi

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mycovorac-), my-KO-wo-raks

Type species: Mycovorax composti Thai et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thai M, Bell TL, Kertesz MA. Mycovorax composti gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from button mushroom compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6496. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

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: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Assigned by: Thai M, Bell TL, Kertesz MA. Mycovorax composti gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from button mushroom compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6496. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 52546
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