Name: "Candidatus Tectimicrobiota" corrig. Wilson et al. 2014
Category, proposed as: phylum, Candidatus
Etymology:Tec.ti.mi.cro.bi.o’ta.N.L. neut. n.Tectimicrobium, a yet-to-be-proposed name for the type genus; from L. masc. perf. part.tectus, hidden (neuter tectum also as noun); from N.L. neut. n.microbium, a microbe; L. neut. pl. n. suff.-ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n.Tectimicrobiota, the Candidatus Tectimicrobium phylum [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]
Effective publication:
Wilson MC, Mori T, Ruckert C, Uria AR, Helf MJ, Takada K, Gernert C, Steffens UA, Heycke N, Schmitt S, et al. An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire. Nature 2014; 506:58-62. 🇨🇭
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
🧒 Wilson et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Candidatus Entotheonella" Schmidt et al. 2000 to this phylum.Publication:
Wilson MC, Mori T, Ruckert C, Uria AR, Helf MJ, Takada K, Gernert C, Steffens UA, Heycke N, Schmitt S, et al. An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire. Nature 2014; 506:58-62. 🇨🇭
😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
Subdivision:
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