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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Polyangium violaceum"

Name: "Polyangium violaceum" Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.um. L. neut. adj. violaceum, violet-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-ly-an-GI-um wi-o-LA-ke-um, neuter

Original publication: K�hlwein H, Gallwitz E. Polyangium violaceum nov. spec. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:139-145.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: K�hlwein H, Gallwitz E. Polyangium violaceum nov. spec. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:139-145.

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Record number: 55071

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