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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.gnet.o’vum. Gr. masc. n. Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), a magnet; N.L. magneto, 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

• 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
    "Candidatus Magnetovum mohavense" corrig. Lefèvre et al. 2011	not validly published

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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