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Genus "Phoenicibacter"
Name: "Phoenicibacter" Bilen et al. 2017
Etymology: Phoe.ni.ci.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Phoenicibacter
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phoenicibacter-), pho͡e-ni-ki-BAK-ter
Type species: "Phoenicibacter massiliensis" Bilen et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Bilen M, Cadoret F, Dubourg G, Fournier PE, Daoud Z, Raoult D. 'Phoenicibacter massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a pygmy woman. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:43-44. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Phoenicibacter congonensis" Bilen et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name "Phoenicibacter massiliensis" Bilen et al. 2017 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Eggerthellaceae Gupta et al. 2013
Assigned by:
Gupta RS. Eggerthellaceae. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2021, p. 1-11. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 525
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