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Genus Thalassorhabdus
Name: Thalassorhabdus Sultanpuram and Mothe 2018
Etymology: Tha.las.so.rhab’dus. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, sea; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, a rod, wand; N.L. fem. n. Thalassorhabdus, a rod from the sea
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Thalassorhabd-), tha-las-so-RHAB-dus
Type species: Thalassorhabdus alkalitolerans Sultanpuram and Mothe 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T. Thalassorhabdus alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Bacillaceae member isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2969-2976. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lassorhabdus".
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Thalassorhabdus" Choi et al. 2018.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01731 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina 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: 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 Thalassorhabdus alkalitolerans Sultanpuram and Mothe 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T. Thalassorhabdus alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Bacillaceae member isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2969-2976.
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Record number: 520396
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