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Phylum "Candidatus Auribacterota"
Name: "Candidatus Auribacterota" Williams et al. 2022
Etymology: Au.ri.bac.te.ro’ta. N.L. masc. n. Auribacter, aCandidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Auribacterota, the Candidatus Auribacter phylum
Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ri-bak-te-RO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Auribacter" Williams et al. 2022
Original publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 
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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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🧒 Williams et al. (2022) assigned the order "Candidatus Auribacterales" Williams et al. 2022 to this phylum.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603. 🇦🇺
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🧍 Williams et al. (2022) attributed this phylum name to Momper et al. (2017) but these authors did not propose it.
Publication:
Momper L, Jungbluth SP, Lee MD, Amend JP. Energy and carbon metabolisms in a deep terrestrial subsurface fluid microbial community. ISME J 2017; 11:2319-2333. 🇺🇸
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🧒 Williams et al. (2022) assigned the order "Candidatus Auribacterales" Williams et al. 2022 to this phylum.
Publication:
Williams TJ, Allen MA, Panwar P, Cavicchioli R. Into the darkness: the ecologies of novel 'microbial dark matter' phyla in an Antarctic lake. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2576-2603.
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: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Ancaeobacteria" Williams et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Auribacteria" Williams et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Erginobacteria" Williams et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Tritonobacteria" Williams et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 56984
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