Phylum "Candidatus Muirbacteria"

Name: "Candidatus Muirbacteria" Barnum et al. 2018

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Muirbacteria, in recognition of the contributions of naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) to the protection of natural areas in California [incorrectly formed: missing connecting vowel]

Gender: neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Muiribacterium" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018

Effective publication: Barnum TP, Figueroa IA, Carlstrom CI, Lucas LN, Engelbrektson AL, Coates JD. Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies genetic mobility, metabolic interactions, and unexpected diversity in perchlorate-reducing communities. ISME J 2018; 12:1568-1581.

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: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Barnum et al. (2018) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Barnum TP, Figueroa IA, Carlstrom CI, Lucas LN, Engelbrektson AL, Coates JD. Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies genetic mobility, metabolic interactions, and unexpected diversity in perchlorate-reducing communities. ISME J 2018; 12:1568-1581.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Muirbacteriia".

Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]

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Record number: 9224

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Phylum "Candidatus Muirbacteria"