Name: "Candidatus Bathoplasma" corrig. Zhu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ba.tho.plas’ma. Gr. masc. adj. bathys, deep; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or moulded; N.L. neut. n. Bathoplasma, a formed structure from the deep ocean

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Bathoplasmat-), ba-t^ho-PLAS-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Bathoplasma primum" Zhu et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhu FC, Lian CA, He LS. Genomic Characterization of a Novel Tenericutes Bacterium from Deep-Sea Holothurian Intestine. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Bathyoplasma" Zhu et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

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 Bathoplasma primum" Zhu et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Izemoplasmatales, not assigned to family]

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