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Phylum "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota"
Name: "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota" Youssef et al. 2019
Etymology: Krum.hol.zi.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Krumholzibacterium, type genus of the type class of the phylum; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Krumholzibacteriota, the phylum of the class Krumholzibacteria
Pronunciation, gender: krum-hol-zi-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Krumholzibacterium" Youssef et al. 2019
Effective publication:
Youssef NH, Farag IF, Hahn CR, Premathilake H, Fry E, Hart M, Huffaker K, Bird E, Hambright J, Hoff WD, et al. Candidatus Krumholzibacterium zodletonense gen. nov., sp nov, the first representative of the candidate phylum Krumholzibacteriota phyl. nov. recovered from an anoxic sulfidic spring using genome resolved metagenomics. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:85-93. 
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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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Notes:
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🧒 Youssef et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Krumholzibacteria" Youssef et al. 2019 to this phylum.
Publication:
Youssef NH, Farag IF, Hahn CR, Premathilake H, Fry E, Hart M, Huffaker K, Bird E, Hambright J, Hoff WD, et al. Candidatus Krumholzibacterium zodletonense gen. nov., sp nov, the first representative of the candidate phylum Krumholzibacteriota phyl. nov. recovered from an anoxic sulfidic spring using genome resolved metagenomics. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:85-93. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Krumholzbacterota".
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🧍 Nomenclatural type changed from Krumholzibacteria Youssef et al. 2019 based on new Rule 22.
Publication:
Oren A. Emendation of Rules 8, 15, 22, 25a, 30(3)(b), 30(4), 34a, and Appendix 7 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6070. 🇮🇱
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🧒 Youssef et al. (2019) assigned the class "Candidatus Krumholzibacteria" Youssef et al. 2019 to this phylum.
Publication:
Youssef NH, Farag IF, Hahn CR, Premathilake H, Fry E, Hart M, Huffaker K, Bird E, Hambright J, Hoff WD, et al. Candidatus Krumholzibacterium zodletonense gen. nov., sp nov, the first representative of the candidate phylum Krumholzibacteriota phyl. nov. recovered from an anoxic sulfidic spring using genome resolved metagenomics. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:85-93.
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 Krumholzibacteria" Youssef et al. 2019 inaccurate spelling misspelling "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriia" corrig. Youssef et al. 2019 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 792
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