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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Magnicoccus indicus"

Name: "Magnicoccus indicus" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, of India, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-n͡gni-KOK-kus IN-di-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CB 205

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Magnicoccus" Walter et al. 2017

Assigned by: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 26848

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