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Genus "Candidatus Zhurongbacter"
Name: "Candidatus Zhurongbacter" Leng et al. 2023
Etymology: Zhu.rong.bac.ter. N.L. masc. n. Zhurongbacter, named after Zhurong, the fire god in Chinese myth
Gender: masculine (stem: Zhurongbacter-)
Original publication:
Leng H, Wang Y, Zhao W, Sievert SM, Xiao X. Identification of a deep-branching thermophilic clade sheds light on early bacterial evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4354. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Zhurongbacterota" Leng et al. 2023.
Publication:
Leng H, Wang Y, Zhao W, Sievert SM, Xiao X. Identification of a deep-branching thermophilic clade sheds light on early bacterial evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4354.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zhurongbacteria".
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Zhurongbacterota" Leng et al. 2023.
Publication:
Leng H, Wang Y, Zhao W, Sievert SM, Xiao X. Identification of a deep-branching thermophilic clade sheds light on early bacterial evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4354.
Parent taxon: [Zhurongbacterota, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 45387
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