Phylum "Candidatus Wolfebacteria"

Name: "Candidatus Wolfebacteria" Brown et al. 2015

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Wolfebacteria, Named after Ralph S. Wolfe who recevied the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. [incorrectly formed: missing connecting vowel]

Gender: neuter

Effective publication: Brown CT, Hug LA, Thomas BC, Sharon I, Castelle CJ, Singh A, Wilkins MJ, Wrighton KC, Williams KH, Banfield JF. Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria. Nature 2015; 523:208-211. 🇺🇸

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

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Wolfeibacteriota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015

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Record number: 870

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