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Class "Candidatus Spiritibacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Spiritibacteria" Williams et al. 2024
Etymology: Spi.ri.ti.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. masc. n. Spiritibacter, a Candidatus genus; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Spiritibacteria, the Spiritibacter class
Type genus: "Candidatus Spiritibacter" Williams et al. 2024
Original publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ray AE, Benaud N, Chelliah DS, Albanese D, Donati C, Selbmann L, Coleine C, Ferrari BC. Novel endolithic bacteria of phylum Chloroflexota reveal a myriad of potential survival strategies in the Antarctic desert. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0226423. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status [Spiritibacteria, not assigned to order] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
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Parent taxon: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021
Assigned by:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ray AE, Benaud N, Chelliah DS, Albanese D, Donati C, Selbmann L, Coleine C, Ferrari BC. Novel endolithic bacteria of phylum Chloroflexota reveal a myriad of potential survival strategies in the Antarctic desert. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0226423.
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Record number: 44815
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