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Genus "Candidatus Fusimicrobium"
Name: "Candidatus Fusimicrobium" Kendlbacher et al. 2024
Etymology: Fu.si.mi.cro’bi.um. N.L. neut. n. Fusimicrobium; L. masc. n. fusus, spindle; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe, highlighting the microbe’s spindle-shaped appearance
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Fusimicrobi-), fu-si-mi-KRO-bi-um
Type species: "Candidatus Fusimicrobium zoothamniicola" corrig. Kendlbacher et al. 2024
Original publication:
Kendlbacher V, Winter TMR, Bright M. Zoothamnium mariella sp. nov., a marine, colonial ciliate with an atypcial growth pattern, and its ectosymbiont Candidatus Fusimicrobium zoothamnicola gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300758. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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 Fusimicrobium zoothamnicola" Kendlbacher et al. 2024 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Fusimicrobium zoothamniicola" corrig. Kendlbacher et al. 2024 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 46799
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