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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Erythrobacter westpacificensis"

Name: "Erythrobacter westpacificensis" Wei et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: westpacific.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. westpacificensis, pertaining to the Western Pacific, the source of the water sample where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.10993; JCM 18014; JLT2008

Original publication: Wei J, Mao Y, Zheng Q, Zhang R, Wang YN, Jiao N. Erythrobacter westpacificensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Western Pacific. Curr Microbiol 2013; 66:385-390. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982

Assigned by: Wei J, Mao Y, Zheng Q, Zhang R, Wang YN, Jiao N. Erythrobacter westpacificensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Western Pacific. Curr Microbiol 2013; 66:385-390. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 1318

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