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Genus Thermocaproicibacter
Name: Thermocaproicibacter Nguyen et al. 2023
Etymology: Ther.mo.ca.pro.i.ci.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. acidum caproicum, caproic acid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Thermocaproicibacter, a rod-shaped thermophilic organism that produces caproate
Gender: masculine (stem: Thermocaproicibacter-)
Type species: Thermocaproicibacter melissae Nguyen et al. 2023
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Nguyen TV, Viver T, Smets I, Bernaerts K, Faust K, Lavigne R, Poughon L, Dussap CG, Springael D. Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5893. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 Thermocaproicibacter melissae Nguyen et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nguyen TV, Viver T, Smets I, Bernaerts K, Faust K, Lavigne R, Poughon L, Dussap CG, Springael D. Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5893.
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Record number: 38255
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