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Phylum "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria" Wrighton et al. 2012
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-re-gri-ni-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter
Effective publication:
Wrighton KC, Thomas BC, Sharon I, Miller CS, Castelle CJ, VerBerkmoes NC, Wilkins MJ, Hettich RL, Lipton MS, Williams KH, et al. Fermentation, hydrogen, and sulfur metabolism in multiple uncultivated bacterial phyla. Science 2012; 337:1661-1665. 
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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: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Peregrinibacteriota" corrig. Wrighton et al. 2012
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Peregrinibacteriota" corrig. Wrighton et al. 2012 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Anantharaman et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Anantharaman K, Brown CT, Burstein D, Castelle CJ, Probst AJ, Thomas BC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Analysis of five complete genome sequences for members of the class Peribacteria in the recently recognized Peregrinibacteria bacterial phylum. PeerJ 2016; 4:e1607. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Perigrinibacteria".
- 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
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🧕 Anantharaman et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Anantharaman K, Brown CT, Burstein D, Castelle CJ, Probst AJ, Thomas BC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Analysis of five complete genome sequences for members of the class Peribacteria in the recently recognized Peregrinibacteria bacterial phylum. PeerJ 2016; 4:e1607.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 795
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