Name: "Candidatus Electrothrix communis" Trojan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: com.mu’nis. L. fem. adj. communis, common, widespread, referring to its widespread distribution in diverse habitats

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kom-MU-nis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: AarhusBay_A1

16S rRNA gene: KR912339 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Electrothrix" Trojan et al. 2016

Assigned by: Trojan D, Schreiber L, Bjerg JT, Boggild A, Yang T, Kjeldsen KU, Schramm A. A taxonomic framework for cable bacteria and proposal of the candidate genera Electrothrix and Electronema. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:297-306. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 801249
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