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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Pontibaca

Name: Pontibaca Kim et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pon.ti.ba’ca. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; L. fem. n. baca, a berry, especially an olive; N.L. fem. n. Pontibaca, olive-shaped (bacterium) of the sea

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Pontibac-), pon-ti-BA-ka

Type species: Pontibaca methylaminivorans Kim et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim KK, Lee JS, Lee KC, Oh HM, Kim SG. Pontibaca methylaminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2170-2175. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 518018
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