Name: "Candidatus Formicimonas" corrig. Holland et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: For.mi.ci’mo.nas. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Formicimonas, a one-carbon utilizing unit

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Formicimonad-), for-mi-KI-mo-nas

Type species: "Candidatus Formicimonas warabiyensis" corrig. Holland et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Holland SI, Ertan H, Montgomery K, Manefield MJ, Lee M. Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family. ISME J 2021; 15:1709-1721.

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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Formimonas" Holland et al. 2021	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Formimonas" Holland et al. 2021. Publication: Holland SI, Ertan H, Montgomery K, Manefield MJ, Lee M. Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family. ISME J 2021; 15:1709-1721.

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 Formicimonas warabiyensis" corrig. Holland et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holland SI, Ertan H, Montgomery K, Manefield MJ, Lee M. Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family. ISME J 2021; 15:1709-1721.

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