Name: "Candidatus Halobeggiatoa" Grünke et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ha.lo.beg.gia’to.a. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. n. Beggiatoa, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Halobeggiatoa, a salty Beggiatoa

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Halobeggiato-), ha-lo-beg-GIA-to-a

Type species: "Candidatus Halobeggiatoa borealis" Grünke et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Grünke S, Lichtschlag A, de Beer D, Felden J, Salman V, et al. Mats of psychrophilic thiotrophic bacteria associated with cold seeps of the Barents Sea. Biogeosciences 2012; 9:2947-2960. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Parent taxon: Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Grünke S, Lichtschlag A, de Beer D, Felden J, Salman V, et al. Mats of psychrophilic thiotrophic bacteria associated with cold seeps of the Barents Sea. Biogeosciences 2012; 9:2947-2960. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 28478

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