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Genus "Waksmania"
Name: "Waksmania" Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1957
Type species: "Waksmania rosea" Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1957
Original publication:
Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier H. A new genus of the actinomycetales: Waksmania gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1957; 17:104-111. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vaksmania"; "Wahsmania"; "Wakmania"; "Waksmama"; "Waksmunia"; "Waksrnania".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; IFO: 1; VKM: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "WKMA" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Waksmania aerata" Gerber and Lechevalier 1964 not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists synonym "Waksmania rosea" Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1957 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lechevalier HA. Priority of the generic name Microbispora over Waksmania and Thermopolyspora. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1965; 15:139-142.
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Record number: 9333
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