Genus "Candidatus Bathosphaera"

Name: "Candidatus Bathosphaera" Mehrshad et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ba.tho.sphae’ra. Gr. neut. n. bathos, deep; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Bathosphaera, a sphere living in the deep

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Bathosphaer-), ba-tho-SPHA͡E-ra

Type species: "Candidatus Bathosphaera prima" Mehrshad et al. 2018

Effective publication: Mehrshad M, Salcher MM, Okazaki Y, Nakano SI, Simek K, Andrei AS, Ghai R. Hidden in plain sight-highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi. Microbiome 2018; 6:176.

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

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

Taxonomic status: 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 Bathosphaeraceae" Mehrshad et al. 2018

Assigned by: Mehrshad M, Salcher MM, Okazaki Y, Nakano SI, Simek K, Andrei AS, Ghai R. Hidden in plain sight-highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi. Microbiome 2018; 6:176.

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Record number: 8986
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