Genus "Candidatus Termiticorpusculum"

Name: "Candidatus Termiticorpusculum" Loh et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ter.mi.ti.cor.pus’cu.lum. L. masc. n. termes, a worm that eats wood, a termite; L. neut. n. corpusculum, a little body, a particle; N.L. neut. n. Termiticorpusculum, a little body associated with termites

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Termiticorpuscul-), ter-mi-ti-kor-PUS-ku-lum

Type species: "Candidatus Termiticorpusculum primum" Loh et al. 2021

Effective publication: Loh HQ, Herve V, Brune A. Metabolic Potential for Reductive Acetogenesis and a Novel Energy-Converting [NiFe] Hydrogenase in Bathyarchaeia From Termite Guts - A Genome-Centric Analysis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:635786. 🇩🇪

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

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: 1

Parent taxon: [Bathyarchaeia, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35585
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