Name: "Candidatus Allopolytropus" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Al.lo.po.ly.tro’pus. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other; Gr. masc./fem. adj. polytropos, one that turns many ways, versatile; N.L. masc. n. Allopolytropus, another Polytropus, a versatile organism

Gender: masculine (stem: Allopolytrop-)

Type species: "Candidatus Allopolytropus marinifundi" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Original publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Polytropus" Boyd et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Allopolytropaceae" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019. Publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Polytropus" Boyd et al. 2019. Publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

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 Allopolytropus marinifundi" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Allopolytropaceae" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Assigned by: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

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Record number: 8939