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Phylum "Candidatus Cloacimonadota"
Name: "Candidatus Cloacimonadota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013
Etymology: Clo.a.ci.mo.na.do’ta. N.L. fem. n. Cloacimonas, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Cloacimonadota, the Candidatus Cloacimonas phylum
Pronunciation, gender: klo-a-ki-mo-na-DO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Cloacimonas" corrig. Pelletier et al. 2008
Effective 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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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 Cloacimonetes" Rinke et al. 2013 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "FCB" Rinke et al. 2013.
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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🧕 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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.
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 Cloacimonadia" Williams et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Cloacimonadia" Chuvochina et al. 2023 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
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. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 36043
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