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Genus Phaeobacterium
Name: Phaeobacterium Nupur et al. 2015
Etymology: Phae.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a stick, staff, rod; N.L. neut. n. Phaeobacterium, the brown rod
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Phaeobacteri-), pha͡e-o-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Phaeobacterium nitratireducens Nupur et al. 2015
Valid publication:
Nupur, Tanuku NR, Shinichi T, Pinnaka AK. Phaeobacterium nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2357-2364. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phoiobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Phaeobacteria".
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211. 🇧🇪
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; MTCC: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Phaeobacterium nitratireducens Nupur et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nupur, Tanuku NR, Shinichi T, Pinnaka AK. Phaeobacterium nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a mangrove forest sediment sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2357-2364. 🇮🇳
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Record number: 518773
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