Name: "Candidatus Atribacteria" Dodsworth et al. 2013

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

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

Gender: neuter

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• 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.
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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Record number: 7652