Name: "Atribacter alterifermentans" Jiao et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.te.ri.fer.men’tans. L. masc. pron. alter, another, the other; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. masc. part. adj. alterifermentans, the other fermenter, referring to the source of genome from anaerobic digestion of organic wastes

Pronunciation, gender: al-te-ri-fer-MEN-tans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: AS27yjCOA_164; GCA_012517635; GCA_012517635.1; S15

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Original publication: Jiao JY, Ma SC, Salam N, Zhou Z, Lian ZH, Fu L, Chen Y, Peng CH, OuYang YT, Fan H, et al. Cultivation of novel Atribacterota from oil well provides new insight into their diversity, ecology, and evolution in anoxic, carbon-rich environments. Microbiome 2024; 12:123.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Atribacter allofermentans from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Atribacter Katayama et al. 2021

Assigned by: Jiao JY, Ma SC, Salam N, Zhou Z, Lian ZH, Fu L, Chen Y, Peng CH, OuYang YT, Fan H, et al. Cultivation of novel Atribacterota from oil well provides new insight into their diversity, ecology, and evolution in anoxic, carbon-rich environments. Microbiome 2024; 12:123.

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Record number: 57531