Name: "Candidatus Xianfuyuplasma" Zheng et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Xian.fu.yu’plas.ma. L. fem. n. Xianfuyu, comes from a strange animal’s name described in the Classic of Mountains and Rivers, a very famous Chinese mythology Xianfuyu is a kind of strange animal possessing a fish’s head and pig’s body; Gr. neut. n. plasma, formed or molded; N.L. neut. n. Xianfuyuplasma, refers to the lack of cell wall

Gender: neuter (stem: Xianfuyuplasmat-)

Type species: "Candidatus Xianfuyuplasma coldseepsis" Zheng et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zheng R, Liu R, Shan Y, Cai R, Liu G, Sun C. Characterization of the first cultured free-living representative of Candidatus Izemoplasma uncovers its unique biology. ISME J 2021; 15:2676-2691.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Xianfuyuplasma coldseepsis" Zheng et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Izemoplasmataceae" corrig. Zheng et al. 2021

Assigned by: Zheng R, Liu R, Shan Y, Cai R, Liu G, Sun C. Characterization of the first cultured free-living representative of Candidatus Izemoplasma uncovers its unique biology. ISME J 2021; 15:2676-2691.

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