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Genus Shumkonia
Name: Shumkonia Yang et al. 2025
Etymology: Shum.ko’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Shumkonia, named in honour of ShumKo (1031-1095) who found and used oil in the eleventh century in China
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Shumkoni-), s͡hum-KO-ni-a
Type species: Shumkonia mesophila Yang et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
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 Shumkoniaceae Yang et al. 2025.
Publication:
Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Shumkoniaceae Yang et al. 2025.
Publication:
Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374.
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 Shumkonia mesophila Yang et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Shumkoniaceae Yang et al. 2025
Assigned by:
Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 64692
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