Name: "Candidatus Proximibacter" Petriglieri et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pro.xi.mi.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. proximus, near; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Proximibacter, a rod attached to other bacteria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Proximibacter-), pro-ksi-mi-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Proximibacter danicus" Petriglieri et al. 2022

Original publication: Petriglieri F, Singleton CM, Kondrotaite Z, Dueholm MKD, McDaniel EA, McMahon KD, Nielsen PH. Reevaluation of the Phylogenetic Diversity and Global Distribution of the Genus "Candidatus Accumulibacter". mSystems 2022; 7:e0001622. 🇩🇰

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Petriglieri F, Singleton CM, Kondrotaite Z, Dueholm MKD, McDaniel EA, McMahon KD, Nielsen PH. Reevaluation of the Phylogenetic Diversity and Global Distribution of the Genus "Candidatus Accumulibacter". mSystems 2022; 7:e0001622. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 35802

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