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Genus Youngiibacter
Name: Youngiibacter Lawson et al. 2014
Etymology: Young.i.i.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Youngia, Young; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Youngiibacter, a rod named after Lily Y. Young, an American microbiologist, for her contributions to our understanding of anaerobic hydrocarbon microbiology
Gender: masculine (stem: Youngiibacter-)
Type species: Youngiibacter fragilis Lawson et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lawson PA, Wawrik B, Allen TD, Johnson CN, Marks CR, Tanner RS, Harriman BH, Strapoc D, Callaghan AV. Youngiibacter fragilis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from natural gas production-water and reclassification of Acetivibrio multivorans as Youngiibacter multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:198-205. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Youngiibacter fragilis Lawson et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Youngiibacter multivorans (Tanaka et al. 1992) Lawson et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lawson PA, Wawrik B, Allen TD, Johnson CN, Marks CR, Tanner RS, Harriman BH, Strapoc D, Callaghan AV. Youngiibacter fragilis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from natural gas production-water and reclassification of Acetivibrio multivorans as Youngiibacter multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:198-205.
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Record number: 518479
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