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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Class "Candidatus Vecturitrichia"

Name: "Candidatus Vecturitrichia" Sekiguchi et al. 2015

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Vec.tu.ri.tri’chi.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Vecturitrichales, the order of the genus Vecturithrix; N.L. neut. pl. n. Vecturitrichia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wek-tu-ri-TRI-khi-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Vecturithrix" Sekiguchi et al. 2015

Effective publication: Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

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: 1

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Moduliflexota" corrig. Sekiguchi et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 19524

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