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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Zafaria

Name: Zafaria Amin et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Za.fa’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Zafaria, named in honour of Dr. Yusuf Zafar, a national distinguished scientist in the subject of microbiology and biotechnology in Pakistan

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Zafari-), za-FA-ri-a

Type species: Zafaria cholistanensis Amin et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Amin A, Ahmed I, Khalid N, Schumann P, Busse HJ, Khan IU, Ali A, Li S, Li WJ. Correction to: Zafaria cholistanensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a moderately thermotolerant and halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from Cholistan desert soil of Pakistan. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:4753-4754.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

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: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Amin A, Ahmed I, Khalid N, Schumann P, Busse HJ, Khan IU, Ali A, Li S, Li WJ. Correction to: Zafaria cholistanensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a moderately thermotolerant and halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from Cholistan desert soil of Pakistan. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:4753-4754.

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Record number: 19143
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