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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum"

Name: "Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum" Tokuyama and Kaneda 1973

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cy.clo.he.xa’ni.cum. Gr. masc. n. kyklos, circle; Gr. pref. hexa-, six; N.L. neut. adj. cyclohexanicum, referring to w-cyclohexyl fatty acid, the characteristic cellular fatty acid of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um ky-klo-he-XA-ni-kum, neuter

Original publication: Tokuyama T, Kaneda T. Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum n. sp.: a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid utilizing bacterium. Can J Microbiol 1973; 19:937-942.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tokuyama T, Kaneda T. Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum n. sp.: a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid utilizing bacterium. Can J Microbiol 1973; 19:937-942.

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Record number: 3655

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