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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Profundibacterium"

Name: "Profundibacterium" Lai 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.fun.di.bac.te’ri.um. L. neut. adj. profundum, the depths of the sea; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, staff, rod and, in biology, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Profundibacterium, a bacterium from the depths of the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Profundibacteri-), pro-fun-di-bak-TE-ri-um

Original publication: Lai PY. Novel bacteria from the Red Sea. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2012.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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: 40094
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