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Phylum "Candidatus Wirthbacteria"
Name: "Candidatus Wirthbacteria" Hug et al. 2016
Type genus: "Candidatus Wirthibacter" Probst et al. 2017
Effective publication:
Hug LA, Baker BJ, Anantharaman K, Brown CT, Probst AJ, Castelle CJ, Butterfield CN, Hernsdorf AW, Amano Y, Ise K, et al. A new view of the tree of life. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16048. 
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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 Wirthibacterota" corrig. Hug et al. 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Wirthibacterota" corrig. Hug et al. 2016 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Probst et al. (2017) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Probst AJ, Castelle CJ, Singh A, Brown CT, Anantharaman K, Sharon I, Hug LA, Burstein D, Emerson JB, Thomas BC, et al. Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO2 concentrations. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:459-474. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧕 Probst et al. (2017) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Probst AJ, Castelle CJ, Singh A, Brown CT, Anantharaman K, Sharon I, Hug LA, Burstein D, Emerson JB, Thomas BC, et al. Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO2 concentrations. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:459-474.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 19903
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