Genus "Candidatus Desulfolinea"

Name: "Candidatus Desulfolinea" Van Vliet et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: De.sul.fo.li’ne.a. L. prep. de, off; L. neut. n. sulfur, brimstone, sulfur (S); L. fem. n. linea, line, string; N.L. fem. n. Desulfolinea, a sulfur-reducing string or line

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfoline-), de-sul-fo-LI-ne-a

Type species: "Candidatus Desulfolinea nitratireducens" Van Vliet et al. 2021

Original publication: van Vliet DM, von Meijenfeldt FAB, Dutilh BE, Villanueva L, Sinninghe Damste JS, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. The bacterial sulfur cycle in expanding dysoxic and euxinic marine waters. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2834-2857. 🇳🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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

Parent taxon: [Anaerolineales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 15342
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