Name: "Candidatus Izemobacterium" Viver and Robador 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: I.ze.mo.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. Izemobacterium; from Gr. neut. n. hizêma, meaning a settling or deposition; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod-shaped microorganism, referring to a rod-shaped bacterium from settling or subsurface environments

Gender: neuter (stem: Izemobacteri-)

Type species: "Candidatus Izemobacterium crustae" Viver and Robador 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Viver T, Robador A. Genomic insights into Izemobacterium crustae gen. nov., sp. nov., reveal metabolic adaptations for persistence in the oceanic crust. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 49:126679. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Izemobacterium crustae" Viver and Robador 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Izemoplasmataceae" corrig. Zheng et al. 2021

Assigned by: Viver T, Robador A. Genomic insights into Izemobacterium crustae gen. nov., sp. nov., reveal metabolic adaptations for persistence in the oceanic crust. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 49:126679. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 69223