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Genus Pilimelia
Name: Pilimelia Kane 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. masc. n. pilus, a hair; Gr. fem. n. Melia, Melia, a nymph loved by the river god Inachus; N.L. fem. n. Pilimelia, an aquatic organism growing on hair substrate
Gender: feminine (stem: Pilimeli-)
Type species: Pilimelia terevasa Kane 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Kane WD. A new genus of the Actinoplanaceae, Pilimelia, with a description of two species, Pilimelia terevasa and Pilimelia anulata. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1966; 82:220-230.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinoplanetes" Goodfellow and Williams 1983.
Publication:
Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Philimelia"; "Pilimclia".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; IFO: 3; NBRC: 3; JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; KCTC: 1; CBS: 1.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PIML" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinoplanetes" Goodfellow and Williams 1983.
Publication:
Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
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 Pilimelia anulata Kane 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name Pilimelia columellifera (ex Schäfer 1973) Vobis et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pilimelia terevasa Kane 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Koch C, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. 16S ribosomal DNA analysis of the genera Micromonospora, Actinoplanes, Catellatospora, Catenuloplanes, Couchioplanes, Dactylosporangium, and Pilimelia and emendation of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:765-768.
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Record number: 516334
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