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Genus "Candidatus Stygiibacter"
Name: "Candidatus Stygiibacter" corrig. Williams et al. 2021
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: 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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Stygibacter" Williams et al. 2021 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 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.
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🚋 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Stygiibacter australis" corrig. Williams et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Stygiibacter frigidus" corrig. Williams et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Cloacimonadales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 35365
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