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Genus Schinkia
Name: Schinkia Gupta et al. 2020
Etymology: Schin’ki.a. N.L. fem. n. Schinkia, named for the German microbiologist Prof. Bernard Schink, University of Konstanz, for his studies of diverse microorganisms and his contributions in the discipline of microbial taxonomy
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Schinki-), S͡HIN-ki-a
Type species: Schinkia azotoformans (Pichinoty et al. 1983 ex Pichinoty et al. 1976) Gupta et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
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 Schinkiaceae Li et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Schinkiaceae Li et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Pichinoty F, De Barjac H, Mandel M, Asselineau J. Description of Bacillus azotoformans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:660-662.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Calidifontibacillus Adiguzel et al. 2020.
Publication:
Adiguzel A, Ay H, Baltaci MO, Akbulut S, Albayrak S, Omeroglu MA. Genome-based classification of Calidifontibacillus erzurumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring in Turkey, with reclassification of Bacillus azotoformans as Calidifontibacillus azotoformans comb. nov. and Bacillus oryziterrae as Calidifontibacillus oryziterrae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6418-6427.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Schinsia"; "Schinxia".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02804 (N = 7).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; NRRL: 2; HAMBI: 1; CCM: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1; IFO: 1; NCIMB: 1; JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Schinkiaceae Li et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
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 Schinkia azotoformans (Pichinoty et al. 1983 ex Pichinoty et al. 1976) Gupta et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Schinkia oryziterrae (Bao et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
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