Species Deinococcus radiodurans
Name: Deinococcus radiodurans (ex Raj et al. 1960) Brooks and Murray 1981
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: ra.di.o.du’rans. L. masc. n. radius, a beam or ray; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. durans, enduring; N.L. part. adj. radiodurans, resisting radiation
Type strain: ATCC 13939; CCUG 27074; CIP 104750; DSM 20539; HAMBI 1924; IFO 15346; LMG 4051; NBRC 15346; UWO 288; VKM B-1422
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16S rRNA gene:
Y11332
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FASTA 
Valid publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
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In violation of Rule 34a, Brooks and Murray revive Deinococcus radiodurans as a nomen novum.
Publication:
Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
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Nom. rev. / basonym "Micrococcus radiodurans".
Publication:
Driedger AA, James AP, Grayston MJ. Cell survival and X-ray-induced DNA degradation in Micrococcus radiodurans. Radiat Res 1970; 44:835-845.
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The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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Nomenclatural type of the genus Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Publication:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981
Assigned by:
Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
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Record number: 775475
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