Genus "Candidatus Auribacter"

Name: "Candidatus Auribacter" Williams et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Au.ri.bac’ter. L. neut. n. aurum, gold; N.L. masc. n. bacter, bacterium; N.L. masc. n. Auribacter, gold bacterium, in reference to its isolation from a former gold mine

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Auribacter-), a͡u-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Auribacter fodinae" Williams et al. 2022

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Auribacteraceae" Williams et al. 2022

Assigned by: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 35746
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