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Genus Phocoenobacter
Name: Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000
Etymology: Pho.coe.no.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Phocoena; from Gr. fem. n. phôkaina, porpoise; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Phocoenobacter, a rod from a porpoise
Gender: masculine (stem: Phocoenobacter-)
Type species: Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCIMB: 2; DSM: 2; NCTC: 2; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Phocoenobacter atlanticus Nilsen et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Phocoenobacter skyensis (Birkbeck et al. 2002) Nilsen et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981
Assigned by:
Foster G, Ross HM, Malnick H, Willems A, Hutson RA, Reid RJ, Collins MD. Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:135-139.
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Record number: 516317
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