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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Phylum "Candidatus Kapabacteria"

Name: "Candidatus Kapabacteria" Kantor et al. 2015

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Kapabacteria, The name, ‘Kapa’, reflects the location of cultivation, University of Cape Town. [probably better: Kapaibacteria]

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Kapabacteria" Kantor et al. 2015

Effective publication: Kantor RS, van Zyl AW, van Hille RP, Thomas BC, Harrison ST, Banfield JF. Bioreactor microbial ecosystems for thiocyanate and cyanide degradation unravelled with genome-resolved metagenomics. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:4929-4941. 🇺🇸

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 Kapaibacteriota" corrig. Kantor et al. 2015

Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]

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Record number: 798

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