Name: "Candidatus Alkanivorans" Wu et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.ka.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, alkane; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. n. Alkanivorans, an alkane eater

Gender: masculine (stem: Alkanivorant-)

Type species: "Candidatus Alkanivorans nitratireducens" Wu et al. 2022

Original publication: Wu M, Li J, Leu AO, Erler DV, Stark T, Tyson GW, Yuan Z, McIlroy SJ, Guo J. Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6115.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wu et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the class "Symbiobacteriia" Wang et al. 2021. Publication: Wu M, Li J, Leu AO, Erler DV, Stark T, Tyson GW, Yuan Z, McIlroy SJ, Guo J. Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6115.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Alkanivorans nitratireducens" Wu et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Clostridia, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 37587