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Genus Propionicimonas
Name: Propionicimonas Akasaka et al. 2003
Etymology: Pro.pi.o.ni.ci’mo.nas. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Propionicimonas, propionic acid-producing monad
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Propionicimonad-), pro-pi-o-ni-KI-mo-nas
Type species: Propionicimonas paludicola Akasaka et al. 2003
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Akasaka H, Ueki A, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ueki K. Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1991-1998. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Propionicimo".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07867 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1; CCTCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Propionicimonas ferrireducens Zhou et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Propionicimonas paludicola Akasaka et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 516392
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