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Species "Candidatus Dormibacter spiritus"
Name: "Candidatus Dormibacter spiritus" Montgomery et al. 2021
Etymology: spi’ri.tus. L. masc. n. spiritus, of the air, of a breathing, in reference to the use of atmospheric gases
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SPI-ri-tus, masculine
Nomenclatural type: bacterium; Dormibacteraeota bacterium; Dormiibacterota bacterium; RRmetagenome_bin13
Effective publication:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 
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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: orphaned species
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Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Dormibacter spiritus" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Dormibacter".
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Dormibacter" Ji et al. 2017
Assigned by:
Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺
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Record number: 35632
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