Name: Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: M.za.bi.my’ces. N.L. n. Mzab, an arid region named Mzab in the South of Algeria, from where the microorganism was isolated; Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; N.L. masc. n. Mzabimyces, a fungus of Mzab region

Gender: masculine

Type species: Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015

Effective publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Mzabimycetaceae Saker et al. 2015. Publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014. Publication: Lai H, Jiang Y, Saker R, Chen X, Bouras N, Klenk HP, Wei X, Jiang Y, Sabaou N. Reclassification of Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015 as Halopolyspora algeriensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2787-2790.
  • Mzabimyces is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009

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