Name: "Candidatus Baltobacter phototrophicus" Ward et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pho.to.tro’phi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. phototrophicus, phototrophic; from Gr. neut. n. phôs (gen. phôtos), light; from Gr. inf. v. trephein, to feed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bal-to-BAK-ter p^ho-to-TRO-p^hi-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 2734482170; WPS2_44

Effective publication: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Baltobacter" Ward et al. 2019. Publication: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Baltobacter" Ward et al. 2019

Assigned by: Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H. Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1658. 🇺🇸

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