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 (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Neomicrothrix, a new small hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Neomicrotrich-), ne-o-MI-kro-t^hrix

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Pro-valid 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nemicrothrix"; "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	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Neomicrothrix parvicella" corrig. Blackall et al. 1996	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Neomicrothrix subdominans" corrig. Nierychlo et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: [Acidimicrobiia, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 11765