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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2734482170; WPS2_44

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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.

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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Record number: 13967