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Genus "Candidatus Epulonipiscium"
Name: "Candidatus Epulonipiscium" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988
Etymology: E.pu.lo.ni.pis’ci.um. L. masc. n. epulo -onis, a guest at a banquet; L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; N.L. neut. n. Epulonipiscium, banquet of fish
Gender: neuter (stem: Epulonipisci-)
Type species: "Candidatus Epulonipiscium fishelsonii" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569. 
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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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Epulopiscium" Montgomery and Pollak 1988 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧕 Montgomery and Pollak (1988) assigned this genus to the domain "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987.
Publication:
Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Epulopiscium" Montgomery and Pollak 1988.
Publication:
Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.
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🧕 Montgomery and Pollak (1988) assigned this genus to the domain "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987.
Publication:
Montgomery WL, Pollak PE. Epulopiscium fishelsoni n. g., n. sp., a protist of uncertain taxonomic affinities from the gut of a herbivorous reef fish. J Protozool 1988; 35:565-569.
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 Epulonipiscium fishelsonii" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Epulonipiscium viviparum" corrig. Sannino et al. 2023 not validly published preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Sannino DR, Arroyo FA, Pepe-Ranney C, Chen W, Volland JM, Elisabeth NH, Angert ER. The exceptional form and function of the giant bacterium Ca. Epulopiscium viviparus revolves around its sodium motive force. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2306160120. 
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Record number: 21919
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