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Family "Candidatus Competibacteraceae"
Name: "Candidatus Competibacteraceae" McIlroy et al. 2014
Etymology: Com.pe.ti.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Competibacteraceae, the Competibacter family
Pronunciation, gender: kom-pe-ti-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Competibacter" Crocetti et al. 2002
Effective publication:
McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624. 
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
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Notes:
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🧕 McIlroy et al. (2014) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; NCCB: 1; CBS: 1.
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🧕 McIlroy et al. (2014) assigned this family to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Competibacter" Crocetti et al. 2002 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Contendibacter" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2014 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Contendobacter" McIlroy et al. 2014 inaccurate spelling misspelling Plasticicumulans Jiang et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Competibacterales" Chuvochina et al. 2023
Assigned by:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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Record number: 217
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