Name: "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Spring et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.gne.to.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Magnetobacterium, a magnetic rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Magnetobacteri-), ma-n͡gne-to-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Candidatus Magnetobacterium bavaricum" Spring et al. 1993

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spring S, Amann R, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, van Gemerden H, Petersen N. Dominating role of an unusual magnetotactic bacterium in the microaerobic zone of a freshwater sediment. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:2397-2403. 🇩🇪

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: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Murray and Stackebrandt 1995

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Murray and Stackebrandt 1995	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Chuvochina et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the order Geovibriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Candidatus Magnetobacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023. Publication: 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus " Gebhart et al. 1993. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Magnetobacte".
  • ❗ "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" is the pro-correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority).

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 Magnetobacterium bavaricum" Spring et al. 1993	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

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