Name: "Candidatus Fibrimonas termitidis" corrig. Abdul Rahman et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ter.mi’ti.dis. L. masc. n. termes, wood-eating worm (gen. termitis); N.L. gen. masc. n. termitidis, pertaining to the termite

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: GUT221

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Abdul Rahman N, Parks DH, Vanwonterghem I, Morrison M, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. A Phylogenomic Analysis of the Bacterial Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1469.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Fibromonas termitidis" Abdul Rahman et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Fibrimonas" corrig. Abdul Rahman et al. 2016. Publication: Abdul Rahman N, Parks DH, Vanwonterghem I, Morrison M, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. A Phylogenomic Analysis of the Bacterial Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1469.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Fibrimonas" corrig. Abdul Rahman et al. 2016

Assigned by: Abdul Rahman N, Parks DH, Vanwonterghem I, Morrison M, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. A Phylogenomic Analysis of the Bacterial Phylum Fibrobacteres. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1469.

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Record number: 28635