Name: "Candidatus Limnocylindria" Mehrshad et al. 2018

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Lim.no.cy.lin’dri.a. N.L. masc. n. Limnocylindrus, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Limnocylindria, the Limnocylindrus class

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lim-no-ky-LIN-dri-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Limnocylindrus" Mehrshad et al. 2018

Effective publication: Mehrshad M, Salcher MM, Okazaki Y, Nakano SI, Simek K, Andrei AS, Ghai R. Hidden in plain sight-highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi. Microbiome 2018; 6:176. 🇨🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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: 2

Parent taxon: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021

Assigned by: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 7677
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