Name: "Vermiphilus" Delafont et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ver.mi’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. n. Vermiphilus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Vermiphil-), wer-MI-p^hi-lus

Type species: "Vermiphilus pyriformis" Delafont et al. 2015

Original publication: Delafont V, Samba-Louaka A, Bouchon D, Moulin L, Hechard Y. Shedding light on microbial dark matter: a TM6 bacterium as natural endosymbiont of a free-living amoeba. Environ Microbiol Rep 2015; 7:970-978. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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
    "Vermiphilus pyriformis" Delafont et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: [Babelota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 14320