Name: "Candidatus Micropelagius" corrig. Jimenez-Infante et al. 2014
Category, proposed as: genus, 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
Effective 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
Nomenclatural pro-status:
pro-validly published under the ICNP
🚋 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