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Species Paracoccus fontiphilus

Name: Paracoccus fontiphilus Sheu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’phi.lus L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. [φίλος -η -ον] philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. fontiphilus, loving spring-water environment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80974; KCTC 52239; LMG 29554; MVW-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT223122 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Hsieh TY, Young CC, Chen WM. Paracoccus fontiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2054-2060.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Hsieh TY, Young CC, Chen WM. Paracoccus fontiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2054-2060.

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Record number: 797779