Name: "Fontibacterium meridianamericanum" Fernandes et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ri.di.an.a.me.ri.ca’num. L. masc. adj. meridianus, Southerly, to the south; N.L. neut. adj. americanum, American; N.L. neut. adj. meridianamericanum, South American, referring to continent from the MAG was isolated

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: N-IMU-22jan24-050

Original publication: Fernandes C, Haber M, Layoun P, Chiriac MC, Bulzu PA, Ghai R, Kasalicky V, Shabarova T, Grossart HP, Woodhouse J, et al. Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium. Nat Microbiol 2025; 10:2194-2206. 🇨🇭

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Fontibacterium]

Assigned by: Fernandes C, Haber M, Layoun P, Chiriac MC, Bulzu PA, Ghai R, Kasalicky V, Shabarova T, Grossart HP, Woodhouse J, et al. Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium. Nat Microbiol 2025; 10:2194-2206. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 67263