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Class "Candidatus Xenobia"
Name: "Candidatus Xenobia" Ji et al. 2021
Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Xenobia, the Xenobiales class (sic)
Type genus: "Candidatus Xenobium" Ji et al. 2021
Effective publication:
Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Xenobiia" corrig. Ji et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Xenobiia" corrig. Ji et al. 2021 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Ji et al. (2021) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017.
Publication:
Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cenobia".
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🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Xenobiales Ji et al. 2021 based on new Rule 22.
Publication:
Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070.
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🧕 Ji et al. (2021) assigned this class to the phylum "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017.
Publication:
Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707.
Parent taxon: Vulcanimicrobiota Yabe et al. 2024
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 18780
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