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Genus "Candidatus Vestibaculum"
Name: "Candidatus Vestibaculum" Stingl et al. 2004
Etymology: Ves.ti.ba’cu.lum. L. fem. n. vestis, the covering for the body, clothing; L. neut. n. baculum, a (walking) stick; N.L. neut. n. Vestibaculum, a stick-shaped part of the body cover
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Vestibacul-), wes-ti-BA-ku-lum
Type species: "Candidatus Vestibaculum illigatum" Stingl et al. 2004
Effective publication:
Stingl U, Maass A, Radek R, Brune A. Symbionts of the gut flagellate Staurojoenina sp. from Neotermes cubanus represent a novel, termite-associated lineage of Bacteroidales: description of 'Candidatus Vestibaculum illigatum'. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:2229-2235. 
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
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 Vestibaculum illigatum" Stingl et al. 2004 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteroidales, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 21840
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