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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Myxosarcina cloacarum

Name: Myxosarcina cloacarum Saxena et al. 1971

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: clo.a.ca’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. cloacarum, of sewage canals

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-xo-SAR-ki-na klo-a-KA-rum, feminine

Holotype: BG/1/68

Valid publication: Saxena PN, Tewari A, Khan MA, Singh VP. Myxosarcina cloacarum sp. nov. and its life history. Hydrobiologia 1971; 37:267-272.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Myxosarcina Printz 1921

Assigned by: Saxena PN, Tewari A, Khan MA, Singh VP. Myxosarcina cloacarum sp. nov. and its life history. Hydrobiologia 1971; 37:267-272.

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Record number: 43863

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