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Species "Bilophococcus magnetotacticus"
Name: "Bilophococcus magnetotacticus" Moench 1988
Etymology: ma.gne.to.tac’ti.cus. Gr. masc. n. Magnês, magnet, comb form magneto-; Gr. masc. adj. taktikos, showing orientation or movement directed by an agent or force; N.L. masc. adj. magnetotacticus, showing orientation in the presence of a magnet
Pronunciation, gender: ma-n͡gne-to-TAK-ti-kus, masculine
Original publication:
Moench TT. Bilophococcus magnetotacticus gen. nov. sp. nov., a motile, magnetic coccus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1988; 54:483-496. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Bilophococcus" Moench 1988.
Publication:
Moench TT. Bilophococcus magnetotacticus gen. nov. sp. nov., a motile, magnetic coccus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1988; 54:483-496.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Bilophococcus" Moench 1988.
Publication:
Moench TT. Bilophococcus magnetotacticus gen. nov. sp. nov., a motile, magnetic coccus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1988; 54:483-496.
Parent taxon: "Bilophococcus" Moench 1988
Assigned by:
Moench TT. Bilophococcus magnetotacticus gen. nov. sp. nov., a motile, magnetic coccus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1988; 54:483-496.
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Record number: 800925
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