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Phylum "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota"
Name: "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017
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
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. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Vulcanimicrobiota Yabe et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Eremiobacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Ji et al. (2017) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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. 🇦🇺
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🧒 Ji et al. (2021) assigned the order "Candidatus Eremiobacterales" Ji et al. 2021 to this phylum.
Publication:
Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eremobacteraeota".
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🧕 Ji et al. (2017) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 10063
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