Name: "Candidatus Termitimicrobium" Loh et al. 2021
Category, proposed as: genus, 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
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