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Phylum "Candidatus Atribacteria"

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati "Candidatus Atribacteria"

Name: "Candidatus Atribacteria" Dodsworth et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: phylum, Candidatus

Etymology: A.tri.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Atribacteria, the ‘dark’ bacterial phylum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-tri-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Caldatribacterium" Dodsworth et al. 2013

Effective publication: Dodsworth JA, Blainey PC, Murugapiran SK, Swingley WD, Ross CA, Tringe SG, Chain PS, Scholz MB, Lo CC, Raymond J, et al. Single-cell and metagenomic analyses indicate a fermentative and saccharolytic lifestyle for members of the OP9 lineage. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1854. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Candidatus list no. 5. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Atribacterota" corrig. Dodsworth et al. 2013

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Dodsworth et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Blainey PC, Murugapiran SK, Swingley WD, Ross CA, Tringe SG, Chain PS, Scholz MB, Lo CC, Raymond J, et al. Single-cell and metagenomic analyses indicate a fermentative and saccharolytic lifestyle for members of the OP9 lineage. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1854. 🇺🇸
    • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Candidatus Caldatribacterium" Dodsworth et al. 2013 to this phylum. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
    • 🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Caldatribacteriota" Hahn et al. 2020. Publication: Hahn CJ, Laso-Perez R, Vulcano F, Vaziourakis KM, Stokke R, Steen IH, Teske A, Boetius A, Liebeke M, Amann R, et al. "Candidatus Ethanoperedens," a Thermophilic Genus of Archaea Mediating the Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane. mBio 2020; 11:0. 🇩🇪
    • 🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Atribacterota" corrig. Dodsworth et al. 2013. Publication: Dodsworth JA, Blainey PC, Murugapiran SK, Swingley WD, Ross CA, Tringe SG, Chain PS, Scholz MB, Lo CC, Raymond J, et al. Single-cell and metagenomic analyses indicate a fermentative and saccharolytic lifestyle for members of the OP9 lineage. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1854. 🇺🇸
    • 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Atribacterium".

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242. 🇩🇪

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