Name: "Candidatus Azotimanducus chitobiosivorans" Nguyen et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: chi.to.bi.o.si.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. chitobiosum, chitobiose (a disaccharide that can derive from chitin); L. n. present, participle vorans devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. chitobiosivorans, chitobiose devouring

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: r_calh21

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Original publication: Nguyen VH, Wemheuer B, Song W, Bennett H, Palladino G, Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Steindler L, Webster NS, Thomas T. Functional characterization and taxonomic classification of novel gammaproteobacterial diversity in sponges. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126401.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Azotimanducus" Nguyen et al. 2023. Publication: Nguyen VH, Wemheuer B, Song W, Bennett H, Palladino G, Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Steindler L, Webster NS, Thomas T. Functional characterization and taxonomic classification of novel gammaproteobacterial diversity in sponges. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126401.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Azotimanducus" Nguyen et al. 2023

Assigned by: Nguyen VH, Wemheuer B, Song W, Bennett H, Palladino G, Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Steindler L, Webster NS, Thomas T. Functional characterization and taxonomic classification of novel gammaproteobacterial diversity in sponges. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126401.

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