Name: "Candidatus Velamenicoccus" Kizina et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ve.la.me.ni.coc’cus. L. neut. n. velamen, covering; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Velamenicoccus, a coccus with a covering

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Velamenicocc-), we-la-me-ni-KOK-kus

Type species: "Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus" Kizina et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kizina J, Jordan SFA, Martens GA, Lonsing A, Probian C, Kolovou A, Santarella-Mellwig R, Rhiel E, Littmann S, Markert S, et al. Methanosaeta and "Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus". Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0240721.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Velaminicoccus".

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus" Kizina et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: [Omnitrophota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 26887