Family "Candidatus Parcunitrobacteraceae"

Name: "Candidatus Parcunitrobacteraceae" Castelle et al. 2017

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Par.cu.ni.tro.bac.te.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Parcunitrobacteraceae, the Parcunitrobacter family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: par-ku-ni-tro-bak-te-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Parcunitrobacter" Castelle et al. 2017

Effective publication: Castelle CJ, Brown CT, Thomas BC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Unusual respiratory capacity and nitrogen metabolism in a Parcubacterium (OD1) of the Candidate Phyla Radiation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40101. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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 Parcunitrobacterales" Castelle et al. 2017

Assigned by: Castelle CJ, Brown CT, Thomas BC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Unusual respiratory capacity and nitrogen metabolism in a Parcubacterium (OD1) of the Candidate Phyla Radiation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40101. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 209
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