Family "Candidatus Korobacteraceae"

Name: "Candidatus Korobacteraceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: family, Candidatus

Etymology: Ko.ro.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Korobacter, a Candidatus genus name; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Korobacteraceae, the Korobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ro-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009

Original publication: 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. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Acidobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published. Publication: Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754. 🇩🇪

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Koribacter" Ward et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Sulfotelmatobacter" Hausmann et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Sulfuritelmatobacter" corrig. Hausmann et al. 2018	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Terriglobales Thrash and Coates 2022

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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