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Order "Candidatus Kuafubacteriales"
Name: "Candidatus Kuafubacteriales" Li et al. 2023
Etymology: Ku.a.fu.bac.te.ri.a’les. N.L. neut. n. Kuafubacterium, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Kuafubacteriales, the order of the family Kuafubacteriaceae
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ku-a-fu-bak-te-ri-A-les, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Kuafubacterium" 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. 
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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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🧕 Li et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class "Candidatus Kuafubacteriia" corrig. Li et al. 2023.
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. 🇨🇳
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🧒 Li et al. (2023) assigned the genus "Candidatus Kuafubacterium" Li et al. 2023 to this order.
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. 🇨🇳
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🧕 Li et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class "Candidatus Kuafubacteriia" corrig. Li et al. 2023.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Kuafubacteriaceae" Li et al. 2023 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 49666
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