Name: "Candidatus Nephthysia" Montgomery et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Neph.thy’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Nephthysia, after the ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys, associated with deserts and darkness, referring to the place of origin

Gender: feminine (stem: Nephthysi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Nephthysia bennettiae" Montgomery et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nephthysia bennettiae" Montgomery et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Dormibacteraceae" Montgomery et al. 2021

Assigned by: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294.

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Record number: 35562