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Genus Opacimonas
Name: Opacimonas Lin et al. 2023
Etymology: O.pa.ci’mo.nas. L. masc. adj. opacus, shady; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Opacimonas, an opaque monad
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Opacimonad-), o-pa-KI-mo-nas
Type species: Opacimonas viscosa Lin et al. 2023
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lin X, Cai R, Cai G, Xie J, Zhou Z, Wang H. Opacimonas viscosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from phycosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5904. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Yang et al. 2025
Yang X, Lin X, Cai R, Wang H, Cai G. Opacimonas immobilis sp. nov., a novel non-flagellated Alteromonadaceae species with the smallest genome isolated from the phycosphere of the diatom Actinocyclus curvatulus. Arch Microbiol 2025; 207:173. 🇨🇳
Notes:- 🧍 As of 2025-06-26 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Yang et al. 2025
Yang X, Lin X, Cai R, Wang H, Cai G. Opacimonas immobilis sp. nov., a novel non-flagellated Alteromonadaceae species with the smallest genome isolated from the phycosphere of the diatom Actinocyclus curvatulus. Arch Microbiol 2025; 207:173.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Opacimonas immobilis" Yang et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name Opacimonas viscosa Lin et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001
Assigned by:
Lin X, Cai R, Cai G, Xie J, Zhou Z, Wang H. Opacimonas viscosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from phycosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5904. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 38373
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