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Phylum "Candidatus Muirbacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Muirbacteria" Barnum et al. 2018
Etymology: Mu.ir.bac.te’ri.a. 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]
Pronunciation, gender: mu-ir-bak-TE-ri-a, 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 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
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 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".
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🧕 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.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 9224
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