Name: "Xihemicrobium" Li et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xi.he.mi.cro’bi.um. Chinese fem. n. Xihe, sun goddess in Chinese mythology; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Xihemicrobium, a microbe associated with phototrophy

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Xihemicrobi-), xi-he-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: "Xihemicrobium 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: 2

Parent taxon: Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: 50734
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