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Proposal of Cobetia marina gen. nov., comb. nov., within the family Halomonadaceae, to include the species Halomonas marina.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Aug 2002
Arahal David R, Castillo Ana M, Ludwig Wolfgang, Schleifer Karl H, Ventosa Antonio
Abstract excerpt
At present the family Halomonadaceae consists of four genera and the taxonomic status of all species included in these genera is not equally supported by phylogenetic evidence. Whereas Zymobacter and Carnimonas contain one single species each and form the deeper branch of the family, the genus Halomonas contains currently 22 species, with a maximum 16S/23S rRNA sequence divergence greater than it could be...
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