Genus "Candidatus Tianyaibacterium"

Name: "Candidatus Tianyaibacterium" corrig. Cui et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ti.a.ny.a.i.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Tianyaibacterium, a rod named to memorialize the merit of the ‘Tianya’ lander in the successful collection of sediments from the Challenger Deep

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Tianyaibacteri-), ti-a-ny-a-i-bak-TE-ri-um

Effective publication: Cui G, Zhou Y, Li W, Gao Z, Huang J, Wang Y. A novel bacterial phylum that participates in carbon and osmolyte cycling in the Challenger Deep sediments. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:3758-3772. 🇨🇳

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

Parent taxon: [Tianyaibacteriota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 35329
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