Name: "Candidatus Electronema" Trojan et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.lec.tro.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. êlektron, amber; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Electronema, electric thread

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Electronemat-), e-lek-tro-NE-ma

Type species: "Candidatus Electronema nielsenii" Trojan et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306.

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

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Electronema aureum" Thorup et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electronema halotolerans" Sereika et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Electronema nielsenii" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electronema palustre" corrig. Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Electronema palustris" Trojan et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306.

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