Name: "Candidatus Koribacter" Ward et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ko.ri.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Koribacter

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine, ko-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Koribacter versatilis" Ward et al. 2009

Effective publication: Ward NL, Challacombe JF, Janssen PH, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Wu M, Xie G, Haft DH, Sait M, Badger J, et al. Three genomes from the phylum Acidobacteria provide insight into the lifestyles of these microorganisms in soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2046-2056. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ward et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the phylum "Acidobacteria". Publication: Ward NL, Challacombe JF, Janssen PH, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Wu M, Xie G, Haft DH, Sait M, Badger J, et al. Three genomes from the phylum Acidobacteria provide insight into the lifestyles of these microorganisms in soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2046-2056. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 See also Oren (2017) for the spelling correction. This correction was not mentioned in the Candidatus List. Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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 Koribacter versatilis" Ward et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Korobacteraceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023

Assigned by: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

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