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Genus Vicingus
Name: Vicingus Wiese et al. 2018
Etymology: Vi.cin’gus. N.L. masc. n. Vicingus, the Viking, seafaring people from northern European countries
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Vicing-), wi-KIN-gus
Type species: Vicingus serpentipes Wiese et al. 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Wiese J, Saha M, Wenzel-Storjohann A, Weinberger F, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Vicingus serpentipes gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Flavobacteriales from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:333-340. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
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 Vicingaceae Bowman 2021.
Publication:
Bowman JP. Out From the Shadows - Resolution of the Taxonomy of the Family Cryomorphaceae. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:795. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Bowman (2020) assigned this genus to the family Vicingaceae Bowman 2021.
Publication:
Bowman JP. Out From the Shadows - Resolution of the Taxonomy of the Family Cryomorphaceae. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:795. 🇦🇺
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00665 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; NCIMB: 1; MTCC: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Vicingaceae Bowman 2021.
Publication:
Bowman JP. Out From the Shadows - Resolution of the Taxonomy of the Family Cryomorphaceae. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:795.
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 Vicingus serpentipes Wiese et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Cryomorphaceae Bowman et al. 2003
Assigned by:
Wiese J, Saha M, Wenzel-Storjohann A, Weinberger F, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Vicingus serpentipes gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Flavobacteriales from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:333-340. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 520341
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