Name: "Candidatus Darwinibacteriaceae" Cheng et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Dar.wi.ni.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Darwinibacteriaceae, the Darwinibacter family

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Cheng GB, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Schnurer A. Metagenomic Exploration Uncovers Several Novel 'Candidatus' Species Involved in Acetate Metabolism in High-Ammonia Thermophilic Biogas Processes. Microb Biotechnol 2025; 18:e70133. 🇸🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Darwinibacteraceae" corrig. Puchol-Royo et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Darwinibacteraceae" corrig. Puchol-Royo et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not pro-validly published
    "Candidatus Darwinibacteriaceae" Puchol-Royo et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cheng et al. (2025) assigned this family to the class Clostridia Rainey 2010. Publication: Cheng GB, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Schnurer A. Metagenomic Exploration Uncovers Several Novel 'Candidatus' Species Involved in Acetate Metabolism in High-Ammonia Thermophilic Biogas Processes. Microb Biotechnol 2025; 18:e70133. 🇸🇪
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Darwinibacteriaceae" Puchol-Royo et al. 2025.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 🧍 The authors cited a preprint proposing this taxon, which is not accepted as effective publication [Rule 25b]. — 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: [Clostridia, not assigned to order]

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.64144Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 64144