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Genus "Candidatus Altimarinus"
Name: "Candidatus Altimarinus" Rinke et al. 2013
Etymology: Al.ti.ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. altus, high, deep; L. masc. adj. marinus, marine; N.L. masc. n. Altimarinus, an organism from the deep sea
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Altimarin-), al-ti-ma-RI-nus
Type species: "Candidatus Altimarinus pacificus" Rinke et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 
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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:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Yakimov et al. 2022.
Publication:
Yakimov MM, Merkel AY, Gaisin VA, Pilhofer M, Messina E, Hallsworth JE, Klyukina AA, Tikhonova EN, Gorlenko VM. Cultivation of a vampire: 'Candidatus Absconditicoccus praedator'. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:30-49. 🇮🇹
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the phylum "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013.
Publication:
Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Yakimov et al. 2022.
Publication:
Yakimov MM, Merkel AY, Gaisin VA, Pilhofer M, Messina E, Hallsworth JE, Klyukina AA, Tikhonova EN, Gorlenko VM. Cultivation of a vampire: 'Candidatus Absconditicoccus praedator'. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:30-49.
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 Altimarinus pacificus" Rinke et al. 2013 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Gracilibacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 22231
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