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Name: "Candidatus Aegiribacteria" Hamilton et al. 2016
Etymology: Ae.gi.ri.bac.te.ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Aegiribacteria, after the Norse God of the Sea, Aegir, a renowned undersea brewer, reflecting its presumed fermentative metabolism
Gender: neuter (stem: Aegiribacteri-)
Original publication:
Hamilton TL, Bovee RJ, Sattin SR, Mohr W, Gilhooly WP, Lyons TW, Pearson A, Macalady JL. Carbon and Sulfur Cycling below the Chemocline in a Meromictic Lake and the Identification of a Novel Taxonomic Lineage in the FCB Superphylum, Candidatus Aegiribacteria. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:598.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 10630