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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Spongiivirga

Name: Spongiivirga Yoon et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spon.gi.i.vir’ga. L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Spongiivirga, rod associated with sponges

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Spongiivirg-), spon-gi-i-WIR-ga

Type species: Spongiivirga citrea Yoon et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Adachi K, Kasai H, Lee MK. Spongiivirga citrea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:51-57.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Yoon J, Adachi K, Kasai H, Lee MK. Spongiivirga citrea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:51-57.

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Record number: 518717
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