Name: "Candidatus Babelaceae" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ba.be.la’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Babela, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Babelaceae, the Candidatus Babela family

Pronunciation, gender: ba-be-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Babela" Cohen et al. 2011

Original publication: Yeoh YK, Sekiguchi Y, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Comparative Genomics of Candidate Phylum TM6 Suggests That Parasitism Is Widespread and Ancestral in This Lineage. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:915-927.

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: "Candidatus Babelales" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016

Assigned by: Yeoh YK, Sekiguchi Y, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Comparative Genomics of Candidate Phylum TM6 Suggests That Parasitism Is Widespread and Ancestral in This Lineage. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:915-927.

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Record number: 29724
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