Family "Candidatus Spongomicrobiaceae"

Name: "Candidatus Spongomicrobiaceae" Gavriilidou et al. 2023

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Spon.go.mi.cro.bi.a.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Spongomicrobium, a Candidaus genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Spongomicrobiaceae, the Candidatus Spongomicrobium family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spon-go-mi-kro-bi-a-KE-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Spongomicrobium" Gavriilidou et al. 2023

Original publication: Gavriilidou A, Avci B, Galani A, Schorn MA, Ingham CJ, Ettema TJG, Smidt H, Sipkema D. Candidatus Nemesobacterales is a sponge-specific clade of the candidate phylum Desulfobacterota adapted to a symbiotic lifestyle. ISME J 2023; 17:1808-1818. 🇳🇱

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 Nemesobacterales" Gavriilidou et al. 2023

Assigned by: Gavriilidou A, Avci B, Galani A, Schorn MA, Ingham CJ, Ettema TJG, Smidt H, Sipkema D. Candidatus Nemesobacterales is a sponge-specific clade of the candidate phylum Desulfobacterota adapted to a symbiotic lifestyle. ISME J 2023; 17:1808-1818. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 65906
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