Name: "Candidatus Contendibacter" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Con.ten.di.bac’ter. L. v. contendo, to fight, compete; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Contendibacter, a competing rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Contendibacter-)

Type species: "Candidatus Contendibacter odensensis" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624.

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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Contendobacter" McIlroy et al. 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Contendobacter" McIlroy et al. 2014. Publication: McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624.

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 Contendibacter odensensis" corrig. McIlroy et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Competibacteraceae" McIlroy et al. 2014

Assigned by: McIlroy SJ, Albertsen M, Andresen EK, Saunders AM, Kristiansen R, Stokholm-Bjerregaard M, Nielsen KL, Nielsen PH. 'Candidatus Competibacter'-lineage genomes retrieved from metagenomes reveal functional metabolic diversity. ISME J 2014; 8:613-624.

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