Genus "Candidatus Termitimicrobium"

Name: "Candidatus Termitimicrobium" Loh et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ter.mi.ti.mi.cro’bi.um. L. masc. n. termes, a worm that eats wood, a termite; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Termitimicrobium, small life form associated with termites

Gender: neuter (stem: Termitimicrobi-)

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Bathyarchaeia, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35586
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