Name: "Candidatus Biekeibacterium" Davila-Santiago et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Bi.e.ke.i.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Biekeibacterium, a small rod from Bieke, the original name given to the Island Municipality of Vieques by the indigenous people from Puerto Rico, Taínos. Bieke also means small island and Vieques is the Spanish given and written name after colonization

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Biekeibacteri-), bi-e-ke-i-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Candidatus Biekeibacterium resiliens" Davila-Santiago et al. 2022

Original publication: Davila-Santiago L, DeLeon-Rodriguez N, LaSanta-Pagan K, Hatt JK, Kurt Z, Massol-Deya A, Konstantinidis KT. Microbial diversity in a military impacted lagoon (Vieques, Puerto Rico) and description of "Candidatus Biekeibacterium resiliens" gen. nov., sp. nov. comprising a new bacterial family. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126288. 🇵🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Biekeibacteriaceae" Davila-Santiago et al. 2022. Publication: Davila-Santiago L, DeLeon-Rodriguez N, LaSanta-Pagan K, Hatt JK, Kurt Z, Massol-Deya A, Konstantinidis KT. Microbial diversity in a military impacted lagoon (Vieques, Puerto Rico) and description of "Candidatus Biekeibacterium resiliens" gen. nov., sp. nov. comprising a new bacterial family. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126288. 🇵🇷
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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 Biekeibacterium resiliens" Davila-Santiago et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Biekeibacteriaceae" Davila-Santiago et al. 2022

Assigned by: Davila-Santiago L, DeLeon-Rodriguez N, LaSanta-Pagan K, Hatt JK, Kurt Z, Massol-Deya A, Konstantinidis KT. Microbial diversity in a military impacted lagoon (Vieques, Puerto Rico) and description of "Candidatus Biekeibacterium resiliens" gen. nov., sp. nov. comprising a new bacterial family. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126288. 🇵🇷

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