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Genus "Candidatus Epulopiscium"
Name: "Candidatus Epulopiscium" Montgomery and Pollak 1988
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Epulopiscium, From the Latin “epulo, ” guest at a banquet, and “piscium, ” of a fish
Type species: "Candidatus Epulopiscium fishelsoni" Montgomery and Pollak 1988
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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Epulonipiscium" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Epulonipiscium" corrig. Montgomery and Pollak 1988 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Sannino et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
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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🧕 Sannino et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010.
Publication:
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.
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 Epulopiscium fishelsoni" Montgomery and Pollak 1988 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Epulopiscium viviparus" Sannino et al. 2023 inaccurate spelling misspelling (and no pro-standing)
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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: 249
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