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Genus "Candidatus Contubernalis"
Name: "Candidatus Contubernalis" Zhilina et al. 2005
Etymology: Con.tu.ber.na’lis. L. masc. n. Contubernalis, companion
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Contubernal-), kon-tu-ber-NA-lis
Type species: "Candidatus Contubernalis alkaliaceticus" corrig. Zhilina et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. ["Candidatus contubernalis alkalaceticum," an obligately syntrophic alkaliphilic bacterium capable of anaerobic acetate oxidation in a coculture with Desulfonatronum cooperativum]. Mikrobiologiia 2005; 74:800-809. 
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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
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned this genus to the class Dethiobacteria Sorokin and Merkel 2025.
Publication:
Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3. 🇳🇱
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 2.
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🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2022) assigned this genus to the class Dethiobacteria Sorokin and Merkel 2025.
Publication:
Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Dethiobacteria class. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2022, p. 1-3.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Contubernalis alkalaceticum" Zhilina et al. 2005 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Contubernalis alkaliaceticus" corrig. Zhilina et al. 2005 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993
Assigned by:
Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. ["Candidatus contubernalis alkalaceticum," an obligately syntrophic alkaliphilic bacterium capable of anaerobic acetate oxidation in a coculture with Desulfonatronum cooperativum]. Mikrobiologiia 2005; 74:800-809. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 515412
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