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Phylum "Candidatus Rifleibacteriota"
Name: "Candidatus Rifleibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016
Etymology: Ri.fle.i.bac.te.ri.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Rifleibacterium, a Candidatus genus name; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Rifleibacteriota, the Candidatus Rifleibacterium phylum
Pronunciation, gender: ri-fle-i-bak-te-ri-O-ta, neuter
Type genus: "Candidatus Rifleibacterium" Kadnikov et al. 2020
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 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 Riflebacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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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: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Ozemibacteria" corrig. Kadnikov et al. 2018 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Ozemobacteria" Kadnikov et al. 2018 inaccurate spelling misspelling [Rifleibacteriota, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
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Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 38941
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