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Genus "Candidatus Reddybacter"
Name: "Candidatus Reddybacter" Arrington et al. 2023
Etymology: Red.dy.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. Reddybacter, is named after Christopher M. Reddy for his contributions to the field of environmental geochemistry, specifically for his work developing comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatographic methods to resolve the chemical composition of petroleum residues [probably better: Reddyibacter]
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Reddybacter-), red-dy-BAK-ter
Original publication:
Arrington EC, Tarn J, Kittner HE, Kivenson V, Liu RM, Valentine DL. Methylated cycloalkanes fuel a novel genus in the Porticoccaceae family (Ca. Reddybacter gen. nov). Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2958-2971. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
Parent taxon: Porticoccaceae Spring et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Arrington EC, Tarn J, Kittner HE, Kivenson V, Liu RM, Valentine DL. Methylated cycloalkanes fuel a novel genus in the Porticoccaceae family (Ca. Reddybacter gen. nov). Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2958-2971.
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Record number: 40472
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