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Genus Parafilimonas
Name: Parafilimonas Kim et al. 2014
Etymology: Pa.ra.fi.li.mo’nas. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. fem. n. Filimonas, the name of a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Parafilimonas, resembling the genus Filimonas
Gender: feminine (stem: Parafilimonad-)
Type species: Parafilimonas terrae Kim et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Kim SJ, Park JH, Lim JM, Ahn JH, Anandham R, Weon HY, Kwon SW. Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3040-3045. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 Parafilimonas rhizosphaerae Cho et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Parafilimonas terrae Kim et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
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Record number: 518612
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