Name: "Candidatus Korobacter" corrig. Ward et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ko.ro.bac.ter. The name is derived.; from Gr. fem. n. Korê, a name for the Earth goddess Persephone; N.L. masc. n. Korobacter

Gender: masculine (stem: Korobacter-)

Type species: "Candidatus Korobacter versatilis" corrig. Ward et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Koribacter" Ward et al. 2009	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Koribacter" Ward et al. 2009. 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.

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 Korobacter versatilis" corrig. Ward et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Acidobacteriota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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