Genus "Candidatus Poriferisulfidus"

Name: "Candidatus Poriferisulfidus" corrig. Lavy et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Po.ri.fe.ri.sul’fi.dus. N.L. neut. pl. n. Porifera, the phylum of sponges; N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. masc. n. Poriferisulfidus, a sulfide-oxider from sponges

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Poriferisulfid-), po-ri-fe-ri-SUL-fi-dus

Type species: "Candidatus Poriferisulfidus primus" Lavy et al. 2018

Effective publication: Lavy A, Keren R, Yu K, Thomas BC, Alvarez-Cohen L, Banfield JF, Ilan M. A novel Chromatiales bacterium is a potential sulfide oxidizer in multiple orders of marine sponges. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:800-814.

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

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Poriferisulfidaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023

Assigned by: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.

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Record number: 21944
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