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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Thioaporhodococcus"

Name: "Candidatus Thioaporhodococcus" Amulyasai et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Thi.o.a.po.rho.do.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. prep. apo, akin to; Gr. neut. n. rhodon, a rose; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus, a sphere; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Thioaporhodococcus, a rose sphere with sulfur, similar to Thiorhodococcus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Thioaporhodococc-), thi-o-a-po-rho-do-KOK-kus

Type species: "Candidatus Thioaporhodococcus sediminis" Amulyasai et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Amulyasai B, Anusha R, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Phylogenomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome indicates a new taxon of an anoxygenic phototroph bacterium in the family Chromatiaceae and the proposal of "Candidatus Thioaporhodococcus" gen. nov. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:688. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Amulyasai B, Anusha R, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Phylogenomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome indicates a new taxon of an anoxygenic phototroph bacterium in the family Chromatiaceae and the proposal of "Candidatus Thioaporhodococcus" gen. nov. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:688. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 31550
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