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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Virgifigura

Name: Virgifigura Li et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vir.gi.fi.gu’ra. L. fem. n. virga, rod; L. fem. n. figura, a form, a figure; N.L. fem. n. Virgifigura, a shape like a rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Virgifigur-), wir-gi-fi-GU-ra

Type species: Virgifigura deserti Li et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Q, Peng ZQ, Liu WL, Luo ZH, Li S, Li WJ, Dong L. Virgifigura deserti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Gurbantunggut Desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6771. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.

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: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li Q, Peng ZQ, Liu WL, Luo ZH, Li S, Li WJ, Dong L. Virgifigura deserti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Gurbantunggut Desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6771. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 65071
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