Genus "Candidatus Canglongia"

Name: "Candidatus Canglongia" Zhang et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Cang.lon’gi.a. N.L. fem. n. Canglong, the emperor of the West China Sea in Chinese mythology, referring to the aquatic habitat of the bacteria; N.L. fem. n. Canglongia, a Candidatus genus name

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Canglongi-), kan͡g-LON-gi-a

Type species: "Candidatus Canglongia yapensis" Zhang et al. 2022

Original publication: Zhang X, Liu Z, Xu W, Pan J, Huang Y, Cai M, Luo Z, Li M. Genomic insights into versatile lifestyle of three new bacterial candidate phyla. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:1547-1562.

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 Canglongiaceae" Zhang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Zhang X, Liu Z, Xu W, Pan J, Huang Y, Cai M, Luo Z, Li M. Genomic insights into versatile lifestyle of three new bacterial candidate phyla. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:1547-1562.

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Record number: 29832
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