Name: "Gallionella capsiferriformans" Emerson et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.si.fer.ri.for’mans. L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. fem. part. adj. capsiferriformans

Pronunciation, gender: kap-si-fer-ri-FOR-mans, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ES-2

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16S rRNA gene: DQ386262 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Gallionella Ehrenberg 1838 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.

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Record number: 3625