Genus "Candidatus Laranimicrobium"

Name: "Candidatus Laranimicrobium" Williams et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: La.ra.ni.mi.cro’bi.um. N.L. Laran, Etruscan god of war (cognate with the Roman god Mars); N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Laranimicrobium, a microbe from a Mars-like landscape

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Laranimicrobi-), la-ra-ni-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: "Candidatus Laranimicrobium antiquum" Williams et al. 2024

Original publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Ray AE, Benaud N, Chelliah DS, Albanese D, Donati C, Selbmann L, Coleine C, Ferrari BC. Novel endolithic bacteria of phylum Chloroflexota reveal a myriad of potential survival strategies in the Antarctic desert. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0226423.

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

Parent taxon: [Martimicrobiia, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 44442
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