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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mariprofundus ferrinatatus"

Name: "Mariprofundus ferrinatatus" Chiu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.na.ta’tus. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. masc. n. natatus, floating; N.L. masc. n. ferrinatatus, floating iron

Pronunciation, gender: fer-ri-na-TA-tus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CP-8

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16S rRNA gene: CP018800 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Chiu BK, Kato S, McAllister SM, Field EK, Chan CS. Novel Pelagic Iron-Oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria from the Chesapeake Bay Oxic-Anoxic Transition Zone. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1280.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Mariprofundus Emerson et al. 2010

Assigned by: Chiu BK, Kato S, McAllister SM, Field EK, Chan CS. Novel Pelagic Iron-Oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria from the Chesapeake Bay Oxic-Anoxic Transition Zone. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1280.

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Record number: 3089
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