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Genus Sapientia
Name: Sapientia Felföldi et al. 2020
Etymology: Sa.pi.en’ti.a. L. fem. n. Sapientia, referring to the name of the university where the type strain of the type species was isolated (wisdom)
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Sapienti-), sa-pi-EN-ti-a
Type species: Sapientia aquatica Felföldi et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Felfoldi T, Szabo A, Toth E, Schumann P, Keki Z, Marialigeti K, Mathe I. Sapientia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a crater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:346-351. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Solimicrobium Margesin et al. 2018.
Publication:
Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076. 🇨🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sapiencia"; "Sapientis".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09212 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCAIM: 1; DSM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Solimicrobium Margesin et al. 2018.
Publication:
Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076.
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 Sapientia aquatica Felföldi et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Felfoldi T, Szabo A, Toth E, Schumann P, Keki Z, Marialigeti K, Mathe I. Sapientia aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a crater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:346-351. 🇭🇺
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Record number: 4923
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