Name: "Candidatus Epifloribacter" corrig. Xia et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.pi.flo.ri.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Epifloribacter

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Epifloribacter-), e-pi-flo-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Epifloribacter primus" Xia et al. 2008

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xia Y, Kong Y, Thomsen TR, Halkjaer Nielsen P. Identification and ecophysiological characterization of epiphytic protein-hydrolyzing saprospiraceae ("Candidatus Epiflobacter" spp.) in activated sludge. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:2229-2238. 🇩🇰

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Epiflobacter" Xia et al. 2008	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction. Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. 🇮🇱 Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Epifloribacter primus" Xia et al. 2008	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Saprospiraceae Krieg et al. 2012

Assigned by: Oren A. The Family Methanotrichaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong EF, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes – Firmicutes and Tenericutes, 4th edition, Springer, Berlin, 2014, p. 297-306. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 521766