Genus "Candidatus Rubrimentiphilum"

Name: "Candidatus Rubrimentiphilum" Sheremet et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ru.bri.men.ti’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. rubrimentum, red ink; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. n. Rubrimentiphilum, a Candidatus genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Rubrimentiphil-), ru-bri-men-TI-phi-lum

Type species: "Candidatus Rubrimentiphilum primum" Sheremet et al. 2020

Effective publication: Sheremet A, Jones GM, Jarett J, Bowers RM, Bedard I, Culham C, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Ivanova N, Malmstrom RR, Grasby SE, et al. Ecological and genomic analyses of candidate phylum WPS-2 bacteria in an unvegetated soil. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3143-3157. 🇨🇦

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

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: [Rubrimentiphilales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 10552
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