Genus "Candidatus Marisimplicoccus"

Name: "Candidatus Marisimplicoccus" Priest et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ma.ri.sim.pli.coc’cus. L. neut. n. mare, the sea; L. masc. adj. simplus, simple; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Marisimplicoccus, a simple coccus from the sea

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Marisimplicocc-), ma-ri-sim-pli-KOK-kus

Type species: "Candidatus Marisimplicoccus framensis" Priest et al. 2022

Original publication: Priest T, Heins A, Harder J, Amann R, Fuchs BM. Niche partitioning of the ubiquitous and ecologically relevant NS5 marine group. ISME J 2022; 16:1570-1582. 🇩🇪

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: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Priest T, Heins A, Harder J, Amann R, Fuchs BM. Niche partitioning of the ubiquitous and ecologically relevant NS5 marine group. ISME J 2022; 16:1570-1582. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 41228
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