Name: "Candidatus Polytropus" Boyd et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Gender: masculine

Type species: "Candidatus Polytropus marinifundi" Boyd et al. 2019

Original publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Allopolytropus" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Allopolytropus" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Polytropaceae" Boyd et al. 2019. Publication: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.
  • 🧍 The name Polytropus is a homonym of the zoological name Polytropus Kirsch 1866 (Coleoptera). — Oren A. Personal communication, 2020-05-23.

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 Polytropus marinifundi" Boyd et al. 2019	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Allopolytropaceae" corrig. Boyd et al. 2019

Assigned by: Boyd JA, Jungbluth SP, Leu AO, Evans PN, Woodcroft BJ, Chadwick GL, Orphan VJ, Amend JP, Rappe MS, Tyson GW. Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. ISME J 2019; 13:1269-1279.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/polytropusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 315