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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus"

Name: "Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus" Gutiérrez et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.car.bo.no.clas’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. hydrocarbonoclasticus, hydrocarbon dismantling

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-kar-bo-no-KLAS-ti-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2274; MCTG13d

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16S rRNA gene: JN088732 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gutierrez T, Nichols PD, Whitman WB, Aitken MD. Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium identified in laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:628-637.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Porticoccus Oh et al. 2010

Assigned by: Gutierrez T, Nichols PD, Whitman WB, Aitken MD. Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium identified in laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:628-637.

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Record number: 801106
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