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Genus "Candidatus Thalassospirochaeta"
Name: "Candidatus Thalassospirochaeta" Pragya et al. 2024
Etymology: Tha.las.so.spi.ro.chae’ta. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Thalassospirochaeta, a spirochete from the sea
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Thalassospirochaet-), tha-las-so-spi-ro-KHA͡E-ta
Type species: "Candidatus Thalassospirochaeta sargassi" Pragya et al. 2024
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Pragya K, Sreya P, Vighnesh L, Mahima D, Sushmita M, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of metagenome-assembled genomes indicates new taxa in the order Spirochaetales and proposal of Thalassospirochaeta sargassi gen. nov. sp. nov. from seaweeds. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126502. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
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🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published.
Publication:
Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754.
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 Thalassospirochaeta sargassi" Pragya et al. 2024 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Pragya K, Sreya P, Vighnesh L, Mahima D, Sushmita M, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of metagenome-assembled genomes indicates new taxa in the order Spirochaetales and proposal of Thalassospirochaeta sargassi gen. nov. sp. nov. from seaweeds. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126502.
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Record number: 45357
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