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Genus "Candidatus Sarcinithrix"
Name: "Candidatus Sarcinithrix" Nierychlo et al. 2019
Etymology: Sar.ci.ni’thrix. L. fem. n. sarcina, a package, bundle; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Sarcinithrix, a hair bundle
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Sarcinitrich-), sar-ki-NI-thrix
Type species: "Candidatus Sarcinithrix prima" Nierychlo et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Nierychlo M, Milobedzka A, Petriglieri F, McIlroy B, Nielsen PH, McIlroy SJ. The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 
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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Nierychlo et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Nierychlo M, Milobedzka A, Petriglieri F, McIlroy B, Nielsen PH, McIlroy SJ. The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sarcinathrix".
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🧕 Nierychlo et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Nierychlo M, Milobedzka A, Petriglieri F, McIlroy B, Nielsen PH, McIlroy SJ. The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Sarcinithrix prima" Nierychlo et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Chloroflexota, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 4621
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