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Phylum "Candidatus Atribacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Atribacteria" Dodsworth et al. 2013
Etymology: A.tri.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Atribacteria, the ‘dark’ bacterial phylum
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 phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Atribacterota" corrig. Dodsworth et al. 2013
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Atribacterota" Katayama et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Candidatus Atribacterota" corrig. Dodsworth et al. 2013 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Caldatribacteriota" Hahn et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP Atribacterota Katayama et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🧒 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.
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🚃 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.
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🚃 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.
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Candidatus Atribacterota" corrig. Dodsworth et al. 2013.
Publication:
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.
- 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Atribacterium".
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🧕 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.
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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Record number: 7652
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