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Genus "Candidatus Symbiothrix"
Name: "Candidatus Symbiothrix" Hongoh et al. 2007
Etymology: Sym.bi.o’thrix. Gr. masc. adj. symbiôtikos, symbiotic; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Symbiothrix, symbiotic hair
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Symbiotrich-), sym-bi-O-thriks
Type species: "Candidatus Symbiothrix dinenymphae" Hongoh et al. 2007
Effective publication:
Hongoh Y, Sato T, Noda S, Ui S, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. Candidatus Symbiothrix dinenymphae: bristle-like Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of termite gut protists. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:2631-2635. 
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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: 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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🧕 Hongoh et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the order "Bacteroidales".
Publication:
Hongoh Y, Sato T, Noda S, Ui S, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. Candidatus Symbiothrix dinenymphae: bristle-like Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of termite gut protists. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:2631-2635. 🇯🇵
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🧕 Hongoh et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the order "Bacteroidales".
Publication:
Hongoh Y, Sato T, Noda S, Ui S, Kudo T, Ohkuma M. Candidatus Symbiothrix dinenymphae: bristle-like Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of termite gut protists. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:2631-2635.
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 Symbiothrix dinenymphae" Hongoh et al. 2007 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Azobacteroidaceae" 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: 521780
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