Name: "Candidatus Stygiibacter" corrig. Williams et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Sty.gi.i.bac.ter. L. masc. adj. stygius, of the Styx, River in Hades, in Greek mythology, from which the modern adj. Stygian derives, meaning extremely dark and gloomy; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Stygiibacter, bacterium from the gloom

Gender: masculine (stem: Stygiibacter-)

Type species: "Candidatus Stygiibacter australis" corrig. Williams et al. 2021

Original publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Berengut JF, Cavicchioli R. Shedding Light on Microbial "Dark Matter": Insights Into Novel Cloacimonadota and Omnitrophota From an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:741077.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Stygibacter" Williams et al. 2021	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Stygibacter" Williams et al. 2021. Publication: Williams TJ, Allen MA, Berengut JF, Cavicchioli R. Shedding Light on Microbial "Dark Matter": Insights Into Novel Cloacimonadota and Omnitrophota From an Antarctic Lake. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:741077.

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 Stygiibacter australis" corrig. Williams et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Stygiibacter frigidus" corrig. Williams et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Cloacimonadales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35365