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Genus "Candidatus Alcium"
Name: "Candidatus Alcium" Solden et al. 2017
Etymology: Al’ci.um. N.L. neut. n. Alcium; from N.L. fem. n. Alces, moose
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Alci-), AL-ki-um
Type species: "Candidatus Alcium primum" Solden et al. 2017
Effective publication:
Solden LM, Hoyt DW, Collins WB, Plank JE, Daly RA, Hildebrand E, Beavers TJ, Wolfe R, Nicora CD, Purvine SO, et al. New roles in hemicellulosic sugar fermentation for the uncultivated Bacteroidetes family BS11. ISME J 2017; 11:691-703. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alpium".
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 Alcium primum" Solden et al. 2017 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteroidales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 22230
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