Name: "Candidatus Ferristratum" McAllister et al. 2021
Etymology: Fer.ri.stra’tum. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. neut. n. stratum, mat/cover or a layer; N.L. neut. n. Ferristratum, from an iron mat layer
Gender: neuter (stem: Ferristrat-)
Original publication: McAllister SM, Vandzura R, Keffer JL, Polson SW, Chan CS. Aerobic and anaerobic iron oxidizers together drive denitrification and carbon cycling at marine iron-rich hydrothermal vents. ISME J 2021; 15:1271-1286.
IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 35533