Name: "Candidatus Micropelagius" corrig. Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Mi.cro.pe.la’gi.us. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. adj. pelagios, of the sea; N.L. masc. n. Micropelagius, a small cell from the pelagic zone

Gender: masculine (stem: Micropelagi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Micropelagius thuwalensis" corrig. Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Jimenez-Infante F, Ngugi DK, Alam I, Rashid M, Baalawi W, Kamau AA, Bajic VB, Stingl U. Genomic differentiation among two strains of the PS1 clade isolated from geographically separated marine habitats. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 89:181-197.

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 Micropelagos" Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Micropelagos" Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014. Publication: Jimenez-Infante F, Ngugi DK, Alam I, Rashid M, Baalawi W, Kamau AA, Bajic VB, Stingl U. Genomic differentiation among two strains of the PS1 clade isolated from geographically separated marine habitats. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 89:181-197.

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 Micropelagius thuwalensis" corrig. Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Alphaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21971