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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
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
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 |
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