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Phylum "Candidatus Margulisiibacteriota"
Name: "Candidatus Margulisiibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016
Etymology: Mar.gu.li.si.i.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Margulisiibacterium, a yet-to-be-proposed name for the type genus (named after Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Margulisiibacteriota, the Candidatus Margulisiibacterium phylum
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 phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. 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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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Margulisibacteriota".
- 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
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 Marinamargulisbacteria" Matheus-Carnevali et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name (not pro-correct name) "Candidatus Termititenacia" Utami 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: 38862
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