The phrase "a common genus of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing biological classifications, particularly in reference to a group of species that share common characteristics.
Example: "The oak tree is a common genus of deciduous trees found in many temperate regions."
Alternatives: "a prevalent category of" or "a widespread type of".
Helix is also the name for a common genus of snails, but as a commuter, that particular allusion is a bit too traumatizing to dwell on.
Naegleria is a common genus of soil and freshwater free-living amoeba of the vahlkampfiid family [ 1].
The best represented genus in the non-plant transcriptome component (~60% of non-plant hits in T. versicolor grown on Z. mays and ~45% non-plant hits in T. versicolor grown on M. truncatula) was Burkholderia, a common genus of soil bacteria.
Sea walnut, any member of a common genus (Mnemiopsis) of gelatinous, planktonic marine invertebrates of the order Lobata (class Tentaculata, phylum Ctenophora).
The wing covers (elytra) of many species of Cicindela, a common genus, have scroll-like marks.
Aspergillus, Candida, and Crytococcus are the three most common genus of fungi associated with infectious diseases in humans [ 1– 5].
For example, Corynebacterium was the most common genus of bacteria identified in adults, but it was virtually absent from chicks.
Alternaria is a common contaminating genus of fungi in fruits, grains, and vegetables that causes severe economic losses to farmers and the food industry.
Scientists recognized it as a member of a common disease genus but knew little about where it originated or how it reproduces (ScienceNOW, 8 August 2000).
The most common bacterial autotrophic genus on Kingman and Palmyra was Prochlorococcus (75 and 91% of the cyanobacterial population, respectively), whereas on Tabuaeran and Kiritimati, Synechococcus was the most common genus (66 and 64% of the cyanobacterial population, respectively; Figure S4).
Clarity is served by stipulating that such states are not intuitions even if they are all species of some common genus.
