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

Category, proposed as: genus, 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, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Stygiibacter-), sty-gi-i-BAK-ter

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

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

  • 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

Parent taxon: [Cloacimonadales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35365