Name: Protomonas Urakami and Komagata 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.to.mo’nas. Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, original; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Protomonas, the original monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Protomonad-)

Type species: Protomonas extorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984

Valid publication: Urakami T, Komagata K. Protomonas, a new genus of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:188-201.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 516405
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