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Phylum "Candidatus Dependentiae"
Name: "Candidatus Dependentiae" Yeoh et al. 2016
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. dependentia, dependent; N.L. fem. pl. n. Dependentiae, to reflect dependence of TM6 bacteria on host organisms
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 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 Babelota" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Babelota" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Yeoh et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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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🧕 Yeoh et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 9698
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