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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Order "Candidatus Spongiamicales"

Name: "Candidatus Spongiamicales" Sun et al. 2025

Category: Order

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Spon.gi.a.mi.ca’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Spongiamicales, the Spongiamicus order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spon-gi-a-mi-KA-les, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Spongiamicus" Sun et al. 2025

Original publication: Sun J, Hirai M, Takaki Y, Evans PN, Nunoura T, Rinke C. Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific. Microb Genom 2025; 11:0. 🇦🇺

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Spongiamicia" Sun et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sun J, Hirai M, Takaki Y, Evans PN, Nunoura T, Rinke C. Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific. Microb Genom 2025; 11:0. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 64574

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