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Genus "Candidatus Theseobacter"
Name: "Candidatus Theseobacter" Williams et al. 2022
Etymology: The.se.o.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Theseobacter, a rod named after Theseus the Argonaut, a son of the sea god Poseidon, in reference to the voyage to Antarctica, and the marine origin of Ace Lake
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Theseobacter-), the-se-o-BAK-ter
Type species: "Candidatus Theseobacter exili" Williams et al. 2022
Original publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 
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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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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Theseobacteraceae" Williams et al. 2022.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Theseobacterales" Williams et al. 2022.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Williams et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Theseobacterales" Williams et al. 2022.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Theseobacteraceae" Williams et al. 2022.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603.
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 Theseobacter exili" Williams et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Theseobacteraceae" Williams et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺
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Record number: 35806
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