Species "Candidatus Nephthysia bennettiae"

Name: "Candidatus Nephthysia bennettiae" Montgomery et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: ben.net’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. bennettiae, of the Australian Subantarctic voyager and pioneer Isobel Bennett

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: nep^h-T^HY-si-a ben-NET-ti-a͡e, feminine

Nomenclatural type: SB9753_S6_5

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nephthysia" Montgomery et al. 2021. Publication: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nephthysia" Montgomery et al. 2021

Assigned by: Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 35672