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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Micromonospora megalomicea"

Name: "Micromonospora megalomicea" Weinstein et al. 1969

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Weinstein MJ, Wagman GH, Marquez JA, Testa RT, Oden E, Waitz JA. Megalomicin, a new macrolide antibiotic complex produced by Micromonospora. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1969; 22:253-258.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Weinstein MJ, Wagman GH, Marquez JA, Testa RT, Oden E, Waitz JA. Megalomicin, a new macrolide antibiotic complex produced by Micromonospora. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1969; 22:253-258.

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Record number: 7984

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