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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Phylum "Candidatus Margulisbacteria"

Name: "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Margulisbacteria, Named after Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. [incorrectly formed: missing connecting vowel]

Gender: neuter

Effective publication: Anantharaman K, Brown CT, Hug LA, Sharon I, Castelle CJ, Probst AJ, Thomas BC, Singh A, Wilkins MJ, Karaoz U, et al. Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13219. 🇺🇸

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 Margulisiibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016

Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]

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Record number: 8694

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