genus_name
==========

    A string value indicating the genus name of the :doc:`taxid <./taxid>` stored into the 
    :doc:`taxid <taxid>`. If the genus is not defined for this :doc:`taxid <./taxid>`,
    this value is *None*.

    .. warning::  This taxonomic information is just added to the sequence for the end-user
                  convenience and not used by other ``OBITools`` programs as taxonomic information.
                  Only the taxonomic information included in the :doc:`taxid <taxid>`
                  attribute is used as taxonomic annotation.

    .. seealso:: 

       - :doc:`taxid <./taxid>`
       - :doc:`scientific_name <./scientific_name>`
       - :doc:`family <./family>`
       - :doc:`family_name <./family_name>`
       - :doc:`genus <./genus>`
       - :doc:`order <./order>`
       - :doc:`order_name <./order_name>`
       - :doc:`species <./species>`
       - :doc:`species_name <./species_name>`

    Attribute added by the programs:
        - :doc:`obiuniq <../scripts/obiuniq>`
        - :doc:`obiannotate <../scripts/obiannotate>`


