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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Nannocystis radixulma"

Name: "Nannocystis radixulma" Ahearne et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.dix.ul.ma. L. fem. n. radix, root (gen. radicis); L. fem. n. ulmus, elm; N.L. fem. adj. radixulma, from the root of elm, referencing the isolation from an elm tree rhizosphere [sic] [probably better: radiculmea or radicisulmi]

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: NCCB 100919; NCELM

Original publication: Ahearne A, Phillips KE, Knehans T, Hoing M, Dowd SE, Stevens DC. Chromosomal organization of biosynthetic gene clusters, including those of nine novel species, suggests plasticity of myxobacterial specialized metabolism. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1227206. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nannocystis Reichenbach 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ahearne A, Phillips KE, Knehans T, Hoing M, Dowd SE, Stevens DC. Chromosomal organization of biosynthetic gene clusters, including those of nine novel species, suggests plasticity of myxobacterial specialized metabolism. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1227206. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 40091

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