Name: "Candidatus Villigracilis" Nierychlo et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Vil.li.gra’ci.lis. L. masc. n. villus, tuft of hair; L. masc./fem. adj. gracilis, slim, slender; N.L. fem. n. Villigracilis, a slender tuft of hair

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Villigracil-), wil-li-GRA-ki-lis

Type species: "Candidatus Villigracilis prima" Nierychlo et al. 2019

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nierychlo M, Milobedzka A, Petriglieri F, McIlroy B, Nielsen PH, McIlroy SJ. The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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: 8

Parent taxon: Anaerolineaceae Yamada et al. 2006

Assigned by: Nierychlo M, Milobedzka A, Petriglieri F, McIlroy B, Nielsen PH, McIlroy SJ. The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:0. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 12885
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