Genus "Candidatus Ruthia"

Name: "Candidatus Ruthia" Newton et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine, RU-t^hi-a

Type species: "Candidatus Ruthia magnifica" Newton et al. 2007

Effective publication: Newton IL, Woyke T, Auchtung TA, Dilly GF, Dutton RJ, Fisher MC, Fontanez KM, Lau E, Stewart FJ, Richardson PM, et al. The Calyptogena magnifica chemoautotrophic symbiont genome. Science 2007; 315:998-1000. 🇺🇸

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Ruthturnera" corrig. Newton et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Ruthturnera" corrig. Newton et al. 2007	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Ruthia Shasky, 1970 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 "Candidatus Ruthia" Newton et al. 2007 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Ruthia Shasky, 1970. The name has been corrected to "Candidatus Ruthturnera". Publication: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Ruthia endofausta" Russell et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Ruthia magnifica" Newton et al. 2007	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Pseudothioglobaceae" 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: 21822