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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Ramlibacter lithotrophicus"

Name: "Ramlibacter lithotrophicus" Yu and Leadbetter 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cus. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. masc. adj. trophicus, feeding; from Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing; N.L. masc. adj. lithotrophicus, a capacity for lithotrophic metabolism

Pronunciation, gender: li-tho-TRO-phi-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: RBP-1

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16S rRNA gene: VTOX01000009 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Yu H, Leadbetter JR. Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy via manganese oxidation. Nature 2020; 583:453-458. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Ramlibacter Heulin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Yu H, Leadbetter JR. Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy via manganese oxidation. Nature 2020; 583:453-458. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 12460
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