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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Phylum "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota"

Name: "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: E.re.mi.o.bac.ter.ae.o’ta. N.L. masc. n. Eremiobacter, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. pl. n. suff. -aeota, provisional ending to denote a phylum, now replaced by -ota; N.L. neut. pl. n. Eremiobacteraeota, the Eremiobacter phylum

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Eremiobacter" Ji et al. 2021

Effective publication: Ji M, Greening C, Vanwonterghem I, Carere CR, Bay SK, Steen JA, Montgomery K, Lines T, Beardall J, van Dorst J, et al. Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil. Nature 2017; 552:400-403. 🇦🇺

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017

Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]

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Record number: 10063

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