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Genus Pyrinomonas
Name: Pyrinomonas Crowe et al. 2014
Etymology: Py.ri.no’mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. pyrinos, born of fire, igneous, fiery; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Pyrinomonas, fire unit (bacterium), referring to its volcanic habitat
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pyrinomonad-), py-ri-NO-mo-nas
Type species: Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes Crowe et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Crowe MA, Power JF, Morgan XC, Dunfield PF, Lagutin K, Rijpstra IC, Vyssotski GN, Sinninghe Damste JS, Houghton KM, Ryan JL, et al. Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel group 4 thermophilic member of the phylum Acidobacteria from geothermal soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:220-227. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pyrinomonadaceae Wüst et al. 2016.
Publication:
Wust PK, Foesel BU, Geppert A, Huber KJ, Luckner M, Wanner G, Overmann J. Brevitalea aridisoli, B. deliciosa and Arenimicrobium luteum, three novel species of Acidobacteria subdivision 4 (class Blastocatellia) isolated from savanna soil and description of the novel family Pyrinomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3355-3366. 🇩🇪
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Pyrinomonadales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Pyrinomonadales Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pyrionomonas".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ICMP: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pyrinomonadaceae Wüst et al. 2016.
Publication:
Wust PK, Foesel BU, Geppert A, Huber KJ, Luckner M, Wanner G, Overmann J. Brevitalea aridisoli, B. deliciosa and Arenimicrobium luteum, three novel species of Acidobacteria subdivision 4 (class Blastocatellia) isolated from savanna soil and description of the novel family Pyrinomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3355-3366.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pyrinomonas methylaliphatogenes Crowe et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pyrinomonadaceae Wüst et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Wust PK, Foesel BU, Geppert A, Huber KJ, Luckner M, Wanner G, Overmann J. Brevitalea aridisoli, B. deliciosa and Arenimicrobium luteum, three novel species of Acidobacteria subdivision 4 (class Blastocatellia) isolated from savanna soil and description of the novel family Pyrinomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3355-3366. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 518481
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