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Genus "Candidatus Cuticobacterium"
Name: "Candidatus Cuticobacterium" Wier et al. 2004
Etymology: Cu.ti.co.bac.te’ri.um. L. cutico, little skin; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. neut. n. Cuticobacterium
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter, ku-ti-ko-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: "Candidatus Cuticobacterium kirbyi" Wier et al. 2004
Effective publication: Wier AM, Dolan MF, Margulis L. Cortical symbionts and hydrogenosomes of the amitochondriate protist Staurojoenina assimilis. Symbiosis 2004; 36:153-168.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186. 
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Cuticulibacterium" corrig. Wier et al. 2004
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Cuticulibacterium" corrig. Wier et al. 2004 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Cuticobacterium kirbyi" Wier et al. 2004 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Wier AM, Dolan MF, Margulis L. Cortical symbionts and hydrogenosomes of the amitochondriate protist Staurojoenina assimilis. Symbiosis 2004; 36:153-168.
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Record number: 15416
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