Name: "Candidatus Epulonipiscioides gigas" corrig. Ngugi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, a giant (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e-pu-lo-ni-pis-ki-o-I-des GI-gas, neuter

Nomenclatural type: SCG-B10WGA

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Effective publication: Ngugi DK, Miyake S, Cahill M, Vinu M, Hackmann TJ, Blom J, Tietbohl MD, Berumen ML, Stingl U. Genomic diversification of giant enteric symbionts reflects host dietary lifestyles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7592-E7601. 🇸🇦

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Epulopisciides gigas" Ngugi et al. 2017	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Epulonipiscioides" corrig. Ngugi et al. 2017. Publication: Ngugi DK, Miyake S, Cahill M, Vinu M, Hackmann TJ, Blom J, Tietbohl MD, Berumen ML, Stingl U. Genomic diversification of giant enteric symbionts reflects host dietary lifestyles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7592-E7601. 🇸🇦
  • 🧍 A type species was not chosen by its authors as the type species of its non-monotypic genus, but this species was designated as the type species in Appendix 3 of Candidatus List No. 7.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Epulonipiscioides" corrig. Ngugi et al. 2017

Assigned by: Ngugi DK, Miyake S, Cahill M, Vinu M, Hackmann TJ, Blom J, Tietbohl MD, Berumen ML, Stingl U. Genomic diversification of giant enteric symbionts reflects host dietary lifestyles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7592-E7601. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 22121