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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Class "Candidatus Bdellonasia"

Name: "Candidatus Bdellonasia" Bergot et al. 2026

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Bdel.lo.na’si.a. N.L. masc. n. Bdellonasus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Bdellonasia, the Bdellonasus class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bdel-lo-NA-si-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Bdellonasus" Bergot et al. 2026

Original publication: Bergot M, Lefevre CT, Grouzdev DS, Menguy N, Ortet P, Denis Y, Viollier E, Jezequel D, Monteil CL. Magnetotactic Bdellovibrionota from a ferruginous spring. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag116. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021

Assigned by: Bergot M, Lefevre CT, Grouzdev DS, Menguy N, Ortet P, Denis Y, Viollier E, Jezequel D, Monteil CL. Magnetotactic Bdellovibrionota from a ferruginous spring. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag116. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 72220

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