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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Blastobacter viscosus"

Name: "Blastobacter viscosus" Loginova and Trotsenko 1979

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vis.co’sus. L. masc. adj. viscosus, viscous, because of its thread-forming, adherent colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: blas-to-BAK-ter wis-KO-sus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 7d

Original publication: Loginova NV, Trotsenko IuA. [Blastobacter viscosus, a new species of methanol-utilizing autotrophic bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1979; 48:785-792.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Loginova NV, Trotsenko IuA. [Blastobacter viscosus, a new species of methanol-utilizing autotrophic bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1979; 48:785-792.

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Record number: 2944

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