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Species "Candidatus Mesorhizobium montanum"
Name: "Candidatus Mesorhizobium montanum" van Lill et al. 2024
Etymology: mon.ta’num. L. neut. adj. montanum, pertaining to mountains, in particular the Kamiesburg mountains, surrounding Kamieskroon, the region where soil was sampled from
Pronunciation, gender: mon-TA-num, neuter
Nomenclatural type: MSK 1335; MSK 1335 Ts
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OR735540
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
van Lill M, Venter SN, Muema EK, Palmer M, Chan WY, Beukes CW, Steenkamp ET. SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126504. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
Parent taxon: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
Assigned by:
van Lill M, Venter SN, Muema EK, Palmer M, Chan WY, Beukes CW, Steenkamp ET. SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126504.
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Record number: 48035
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