Name: "Candidatus Lithoflexus" Saghaï et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Li.tho.fle’xus. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, a bending; N.L. masc. n. Lithoflexus, stone bending, a flexible organism from lithifying mat

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Lithoflex-), li-t^ho-FLE-xus

Type species: "Candidatus Lithoflexus mexicanus" Saghaï et al. 2020

Effective publication: Saghai A, Zivanovic Y, Moreira D, Tavera R, Lopez-Garcia P. A Novel Microbialite-Associated Phototrophic Chloroflexi Lineage Exhibiting a Quasi-Clonal Pattern along Depth. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:1207-1216. 🇸🇪

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Lithoflexus mexicanus" Saghaï et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Chloroflexales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28497