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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Chlorobium antarcticum"

Name: "Candidatus Chlorobium antarcticum" Panwar et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. antarcticum, southern, Antarctic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khlo-RO-bi-um ant-ARK-ti-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: MAG_3300023061_2

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Effective publication: Panwar P, Allen MA, Williams TJ, Haque S, Brazendale S, Hancock AM, Paez-Espino D, Cavicchioli R. Remarkably coherent population structure for a dominant Antarctic Chlorobium species. Microbiome 2021; 9:231. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Panwar P, Allen MA, Williams TJ, Haque S, Brazendale S, Hancock AM, Paez-Espino D, Cavicchioli R. Remarkably coherent population structure for a dominant Antarctic Chlorobium species. Microbiome 2021; 9:231. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 24130

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