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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Deinococcus rubellus"

Name: "Deinococcus rubellus" Choi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.bel’lus. L. masc. adj. rubellus, reddish, owing to the color of the colonies on R2A agar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ru-BEL-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Ant6; JCM 31434; KEMB 9004-169

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16S rRNA gene: KX036987 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Choi SG, Jeon SH, Lee JB, Joo ES, Lim S, Jung HY, Kim MK. Deinococcus rubellus sp. nov., bacteria isolated from the muscle of antarctic fish. J Microbiol 2016; 54:796-801. 🇰🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981

Assigned by: Choi SG, Jeon SH, Lee JB, Joo ES, Lim S, Jung HY, Kim MK. Deinococcus rubellus sp. nov., bacteria isolated from the muscle of antarctic fish. J Microbiol 2016; 54:796-801. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 1425
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