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Phylum "Candidatus Babelota"
Name: "Candidatus Babelota" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016
Etymology: Ba.be.lo’ta. N.L. fem. n. Babela, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Babelota, the Candidatus Babela phylum
Pronunciation, gender: ba-be-LO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Babela" Cohen et al. 2011
Effective publication:
Yeoh YK, Sekiguchi Y, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Comparative Genomics of Candidate Phylum TM6 Suggests That Parasitism Is Widespread and Ancestral in This Lineage. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:915-927. 
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: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Dependentiae" Yeoh et al. 2016 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧒 Yeoh et al. (2016) assigned the order "Candidatus Babelales" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016 to this phylum.
Publication:
Yeoh YK, Sekiguchi Y, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Comparative Genomics of Candidate Phylum TM6 Suggests That Parasitism Is Widespread and Ancestral in This Lineage. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:915-927.
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🚃 The type genus of this phylum has alternatively been placed in the phylum "Dependentiae".
Publication:
Cohen G, Hoffart L, La Scola B, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Ameba-associated Keratitis, France. Emerg Infect Dis 2011; 17:1306-1308.
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🧒 Yeoh et al. (2016) assigned the order "Candidatus Babelales" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016 to this phylum.
Publication:
Yeoh YK, Sekiguchi Y, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Comparative Genomics of Candidate Phylum TM6 Suggests That Parasitism Is Widespread and Ancestral in This Lineage. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:915-927.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Babeliae" Yeoh et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name [Babelota, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 38976
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