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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Rhodobacter calidifons"

Name: "Rhodobacter calidifons" Kyndt et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cali’di.fons. L. gen. neut. n. calidi, hot; L. masc. n. fons, spring; calidifons, hot spring, named after being isolated from a hot spring runoff

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: M37P

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16S rRNA gene: ON328317 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Kyndt JA, Robertson S, Shoffstall IB, Ramaley RF, Meyer TE. Genome Sequence and Characterization of a Xanthorhodopsin-Containing, Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Rhodobacter Species, Isolated from Mesophilic Conditions at Yellowstone National Park. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Kyndt JA, Robertson S, Shoffstall IB, Ramaley RF, Meyer TE. Genome Sequence and Characterization of a Xanthorhodopsin-Containing, Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Rhodobacter Species, Isolated from Mesophilic Conditions at Yellowstone National Park. Microorganisms 2022; 10:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 29124

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