Name: "Candidatus Geocrenenecus arthurdayi" Buessecker et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ar.thur.day’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. arthurdayi, of Arthur Day, named for the American geophysicist and volcanologist Dr. Arthur L. Day (1869-1960), for his seminal work in Earth sciences, particularly relating to the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, USA

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: LGB-05.bin.6

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Original publication: Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Geocrenenecus" Buessecker et al. 2022

Assigned by: Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773.

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Record number: 57540