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Genus "Candidatus Arthromitus"

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Clostridia Eubacteriales Clostridiaceae "Candidatus Arthromitus"

Name: "Candidatus Arthromitus" Snel et al. 1995

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Ar.thro’mi.tus. Gr. neut. n. arthron, a joint; Gr. masc. n. mitos, a thread; N.L. masc. n. Arthromitus, a jointed thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Arthromit-), ar-THRO-mi-tus

Type species: "Candidatus Arthromitus galli" Snel et al. 1995

Pro-valid publication: Snel J, Heinen PP, Blok HJ, Carman RJ, Duncan AJ, Allen PC, Collins MD. Comparison of 16S rRNA sequences of segmented filamentous bacteria isolated from mice, rats, and chickens and proposal of "Candidatus Arthromitus". Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:780-782. 🇬🇧

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Neoarthromitus" corrig. Snel et al. 1995

  • Notes:
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Anthromitus"; "Arihromitus"; "Arthrbmitus"; "Arthromiius"; "Arthropitus"; "Arzhromitus".
    • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ARMT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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: 3

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Snel J, Heinen PP, Blok HJ, Carman RJ, Duncan AJ, Allen PC, Collins MD. Comparison of 16S rRNA sequences of segmented filamentous bacteria isolated from mice, rats, and chickens and proposal of "Candidatus Arthromitus". Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:780-782. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 521756

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