Name: "Xihebacterium" Li et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xi.he.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. fem. n. Xihe, sun goddess in Chinese mythology; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Xihebacterium, a microbe associated with phototrophy

Gender: neuter (stem: Xihebacteri-)

Type species: "Xihebacterium phototrophica" Li et al. 2023

Original publication: Li L, Huang D, Hu Y, Rudling NM, Canniffe DP, Wang F, Wang Y. Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6450.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Xihebacterium aquatica" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Xihebacterium glacialis" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Xihebacterium phototrophica" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nannocystaceae Reichenbach 2006

Assigned by: Li L, Huang D, Hu Y, Rudling NM, Canniffe DP, Wang F, Wang Y. Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6450.

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Record number: 50728