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Genus "Candidatus Vecturithrix"
Name: "Candidatus Vecturithrix" Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Etymology: Vec.tu.ri’thrix. L. fem. n. vectura, transportation; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Vecturithrix, to indicate long rods that have a large number of transporter related systems in their genome
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Vecturitrich-), wek-tu-RI-thrix
Type species: "Candidatus Vecturithrix granuli" Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Vecturitrichia" Sekiguchi et al. 2015.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Vecturitrichaceae" Sekiguchi et al. 2015.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Vecturitrichales" Sekiguchi et al. 2015.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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🧕 Sekiguchi et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Vecturitrichales" Sekiguchi et al. 2015.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vecturathrix".
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Vecturitrichia" Sekiguchi et al. 2015.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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 Vecturithrix granuli" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Vecturitrichaceae" Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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Record number: 11467
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