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Genus "Plastorhodobacter"
Name: "Plastorhodobacter" Xie et al. 2015
Etymology: Plas.to.rho.do.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. plastos, false; N.L. masc. n. Rhodobacter, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Plastorhodobacter, a false Rhodobacter
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Plastorhodobacter-), plas-to-rho-do-BAK-ter
Type species: "Plastorhodobacter daqingensis" Xie et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Xie BS, Lv XL, Cai M, Tang YQ, Wang YN, Cui HL, Liu XY, Tan Y, Wu XL. Plastorhodobacter daqingensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: a non-phototrophic bacterium isolated from Daqing Oilfield. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:657-664. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Xie et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Xie BS, Lv XL, Cai M, Tang YQ, Wang YN, Cui HL, Liu XY, Tan Y, Wu XL. Plastorhodobacter daqingensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: a non-phototrophic bacterium isolated from Daqing Oilfield. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:657-664. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; LMG: 1.
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🧕 Xie et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Xie BS, Lv XL, Cai M, Tang YQ, Wang YN, Cui HL, Liu XY, Tan Y, Wu XL. Plastorhodobacter daqingensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: a non-phototrophic bacterium isolated from Daqing Oilfield. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:657-664.
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 "Plastorhodobacter daqingensis" Xie et al. 2015 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: 287
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