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Genus "Candidatus Cuticulibacterium"
Name: "Candidatus Cuticulibacterium" corrig. Wier et al. 2004
Etymology: Cu.ti.cu.li.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. dim. n. cuticula, little skin; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cuticulibacterium, a rod that forms a little skin
Gender: neuter (stem: Cuticulibacteri-)
Type species: "Candidatus Cuticulibacterium kirbyi" corrig. 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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Cuticobacterium" Wier et al. 2004 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Cuticobacterium" Wier et al. 2004. Publication: Wier AM, Dolan MF, Margulis L. Cortical symbionts and hydrogenosomes of the amitochondriate protist Staurojoenina assimilis. Symbiosis 2004; 36:153-168.
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 Cuticulibacterium kirbyi" corrig. Wier et al. 2004 not validly published pro-correct name
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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: 28518
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