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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Subspecies "Actinomyces griseus subsp. difficilis"

Name: "Actinomyces griseus subsp. difficilis" Yen and Chou 1964

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: dif.fi’ci.lis. L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-NO-my-kes GRI-se-us dif-FI-ki-lis, masculine

Original publication: Yen H-C, Chou H-C. Description of several new species and of new varieties of actinomycetes. Acta Microbiol. Sinica 1964; 10:424-438.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Actinomyces griseus" Krainsky 1914

Assigned by: Yen H-C, Chou H-C. Description of several new species and of new varieties of actinomycetes. Acta Microbiol. Sinica 1964; 10:424-438.

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Record number: 69890

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