Name: "Candidatus Neomicrothrix" corrig. Blackall et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ne.o.mi’cro.thrix. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Neomicrothrix, a new small hair

Gender: feminine (stem: Neomicrotrich-)

Type species: "Candidatus Neomicrothrix parvicella" corrig. Blackall et al. 1996

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Blackall LL, Stratton H, Bradford D, Dot TD, Sjorup C, Seviour EM, Seviour RJ. "Candidatus Microthrix parvicella", a filamentous bacterium from activated sludge sewage treatment plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:344-346.

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 Microthrix" Blackall et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Microthrix" Blackall et al. 1996. Publication: Blackall LL, Stratton H, Bradford D, Dot TD, Sjorup C, Seviour EM, Seviour RJ. "Candidatus Microthrix parvicella", a filamentous bacterium from activated sludge sewage treatment plants. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:344-346.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Neomicrothirx".
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Neomicrothrix calida" corrig. Levantesi et al. 2006	not validly published
    "Candidatus Neomicrothrix parvicella" corrig. Blackall et al. 1996	not validly published
    "Candidatus Neomicrothrix subdominans" corrig. Nierychlo et al. 2021	not validly published

Parent taxon: [Acidimicrobiia, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 11765