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Genus "Candidatus Aeolococcus"
Name: "Candidatus Aeolococcus" Montgomery et al. 2021
Etymology: Ae.o.lo.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. Aiolos, the god of the winds; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a berry; N.L. masc. n. Aeolococcus, a coccus occurring in a windy place, referring to the Antarctic environment
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Aeolococc-), a͡e-o-lo-KOK-kus
Type species: "Candidatus Aeolococcus gillhamiae" Montgomery et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Aeolococcaceae" Montgomery et al. 2021.
Publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Aeolococcales" Montgomery et al. 2021.
Publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.
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🧕 Montgomery et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Aeolococcales" Montgomery et al. 2021.
Publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Aeolococcaceae" Montgomery et al. 2021.
Publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Aeolococcus gillhamiae" Montgomery et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Aeolococcaceae" Montgomery et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.
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