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Genus "Candidatus Endoriftia"
Name: "Candidatus Endoriftia" Robidart et al. 2008
Etymology: En.do.rif’ti.a. Gr. pref. endo-, within; N.L. fem. n. Riftia, a genus of tube worms; N.L. fem. n. Endoriftia, an organism within Riftia
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Endorifti-), en-do-RIF-ti-a
Type species: "Candidatus Endoriftia persephonae" corrig. Robidart et al. 2008
Effective publication:
Robidart JC, Bench SR, Feldman RA, Novoradovsky A, Podell SB, Gaasterland T, Allen EE, Felbeck H. Metabolic versatility of the Riftia pachyptila endosymbiont revealed through metagenomics. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:727-737. 
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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🧕 Robidart et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Robidart JC, Bench SR, Feldman RA, Novoradovsky A, Podell SB, Gaasterland T, Allen EE, Felbeck H. Metabolic versatility of the Riftia pachyptila endosymbiont revealed through metagenomics. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:727-737.
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🧕 Robidart et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Robidart JC, Bench SR, Feldman RA, Novoradovsky A, Podell SB, Gaasterland T, Allen EE, Felbeck H. Metabolic versatility of the Riftia pachyptila endosymbiont revealed through metagenomics. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:727-737.
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 Endoriftia persephonae" corrig. Robidart et al. 2008 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Endoriftia persephone" Robidart et al. 2008 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Sedimenticolaceae Slobodkina et al. 2024
Assigned by:
Slobodkina G, Merkel A, Ratnikova N, Kuchierskaya A, Slobodkin A. Sedimenticola hydrogenitrophicus sp. nov. a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano, and proposal of Sedimenticolaceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126451.
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Record number: 21761
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