Name: "Candidatus Magnetovum" corrig. Lefèvre et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.gnet.o’vum. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; L. neut. n. ovum, an egg; N.L. neut. n. Magnetovum, a magnetic egg

Gender: neuter (stem: Magnetov-)

Type species: "Candidatus Magnetovum mohavense" corrig. Lefèvre et al. 2011

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lefevre CT, Frankel RB, Abreu F, Lins U, Bazylinski DA. Culture-independent characterization of a novel, uncultivated magnetotactic member of the Nitrospirae phylum. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:538-549.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Magnetoovum" Lefèvre et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kolinko et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the phylum "Nitrospirae" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Kolinko S, Richter M, Glockner FO, Brachmann A, Schuler D. Single-cell genomics of uncultivated deep-branching magnetotactic bacteria reveals a conserved set of magnetosome genes. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:21-37.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Magnetoovum" Lefèvre et al. 2011. Publication: Lefevre CT, Frankel RB, Abreu F, Lins U, Bazylinski DA. Culture-independent characterization of a novel, uncultivated magnetotactic member of the Nitrospirae phylum. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:538-549.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Magnetovum chiemense" corrig. Kolinko et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Magnetovum mohavense" corrig. Lefèvre et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Nitrospirota, 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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Record number: 21912