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Phylum "Candidatus Moduliflexota"
Name: "Candidatus Moduliflexota" corrig. Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Etymology: Mo.du.li.fle.xo’ta. N.L. masc. n. Moduliflexus, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Moduliflexota, the Candidatus Moduliflexus phylum
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mo-du-li-fle-KSO-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Moduliflexus" Sekiguchi et al. 2015
Effective publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740. 
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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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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Modulibacteria" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧒 Sekiguchi et al. (2015) assigned the order "Candidatus Moduliflexales" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 to this phylum.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740. 🇯🇵
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Modulifelxota".
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🧒 Sekiguchi et al. (2015) assigned the order "Candidatus Moduliflexales" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 to this phylum.
Publication:
Sekiguchi Y, Ohashi A, Parks DH, Yamauchi T, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. First genomic insights into members of a candidate bacterial phylum responsible for wastewater bulking. PeerJ 2015; 3:e740.
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 Moduliflexia" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Vecturitrichia" Sekiguchi et al. 2015 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 38968
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