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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Porphyrobacter meromictius"

Name: "Porphyrobacter meromictius" Rathgeber et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ro.mic’ti.us. Gr. neut. n. meros, part; L. masc. perf. part. mictus, mixed; L. masc. adj. suff. -ius, belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. meromictius, belonging to meromictic environments, lakes

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ML4

16S rRNA gene: AJ315687 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Humphrey E, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Porphyrobacter meromictius sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium, that produces Bacteriochlorophyll a. Curr Microbiol 2007; 55:356-361. 🇨🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993

Assigned by: Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Humphrey E, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Porphyrobacter meromictius sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium, that produces Bacteriochlorophyll a. Curr Microbiol 2007; 55:356-361. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 801105
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