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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Candidatus Weimeria"

Name: "Candidatus Weimeria" Scarborough et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Wei.me’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Weimeria, named after Paul J. Weimer, a pioneer in using rumen microbes to produce valuable chemicals

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Weimeri-), we͡i-ME-ri-a

Type species: "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" Scarborough et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scarborough MJ, Myers KS, Donohue TJ, Noguera DR. Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" gen. nov., sp. nov., and "Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans" sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

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: 1

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Scarborough MJ, Myers KS, Donohue TJ, Noguera DR. Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" gen. nov., sp. nov., and "Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans" sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 546
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