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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis"

Name: "Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis" Hiralal et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ya.qon.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. yaqonensis, pertaining to the indigenous name “Yaqon” for Yaquina Bay, where the strain was isolated from

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: GCA_047651235; GCA_047651235.1; YB6

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP178758 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hiralal A, Ley P, van Dijk JR, Li C, Pankratov D, Alingapoyil Choyikutty J, Pankratova G, Geelhoed JS, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Reimers CE, et al. A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential. Appl Environ Microbiol 2025; 91:e0250224. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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

Assigned by: Hiralal A, Ley P, van Dijk JR, Li C, Pankratov D, Alingapoyil Choyikutty J, Pankratova G, Geelhoed JS, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Reimers CE, et al. A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential. Appl Environ Microbiol 2025; 91:e0250224. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 64988
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