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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Paracoccus bogoriensis"

Name: "Paracoccus bogoriensis" Osanjo et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.go.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bogoriensis, pertaining to Lake Bogoria, the location from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: BOG6; DSM 16578; LMG 22798

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ580352 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Osanjo G, Muthike E, Tsuma L, Okoth M, Bulimo W, Lünsdorf H, Abraham W-R, Dion M, Timmis K, Golyshin P, et al. A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp. nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids. Afr J Microbiol Res 2009; 3:426-433.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Osanjo G, Muthike E, Tsuma L, Okoth M, Bulimo W, Lünsdorf H, Abraham W-R, Dion M, Timmis K, Golyshin P, et al. A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp. nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids. Afr J Microbiol Res 2009; 3:426-433.

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Record number: 9503
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