Name: "Candidatus Chlorothrix" Klappenbach and Pierson 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Type species: "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila" Klappenbach and Pierson 2004

Effective publication: Klappenbach JA, Pierson BK. Phylogenetic and physiological characterization of a filamentous anoxygenic photoautotrophic bacterium ' Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila' gen. nov., sp. nov., recovered from hypersaline microbial mats. Arch Microbiol 2004; 181:17-25.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Chlorotrichoides" corrig. Klappenbach and Pierson 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Chlorotrichoides" corrig. Klappenbach and Pierson 2004	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chlorotrix"; "Chorothrix".
  • 🧍 "Candidatus Chlorothrix" Klappenbach and Pierson 2004 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Chlorothrix Dyar 1921. "Candidatus Chlorothrix" Klappenbach and Pierson 2004 is also a later homonym of a genus name with standing in botanical (plant) nomenclature: Chlorothrix Berger-Perrot 1982. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Chlorotrichoides". Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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 Chlorothrix halophila" Klappenbach and Pierson 2004	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: [Chloroflexales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 521761