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Genus "Piezobacter"
Name: "Piezobacter" Takai et al. 2009
Etymology: Pie.zo.bac.ter. Gr. ind. v. piezô, to press; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Piezobacter, piezophilic rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Piezobacter-)
Type species: "Piezobacter thermophilus" Takai et al. 2009
Original publication:
Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Takai et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1.
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🧕 Takai et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Takai K, Miyazaki M, Hirayama H, Nakagawa S, Querellou J, Godfroy A. Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1983-1997.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Piezobacter thermophilus" Takai et al. 2009 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
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Record number: 517592
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