Name: "Candidatus Phosphoribacter baldrii" Singleton et al. 2022
Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus
Etymology:bal’dri.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.baldrii, of Baldr, Norse god twin of Hodr, indicating the close relationship of the 16S rRNA gene sequence for Phosphoribacter baldrii and Phosphoribacter hodrii
Original publication:
Singleton CM, Petriglieri F, Wasmund K, Nierychlo M, Kondrotaite Z, Petersen JF, Peces M, Dueholm MS, Wagner M, Nielsen PH. The novel genus, 'Candidatus Phosphoribacter', previously identified as Tetrasphaera, is the dominant polyphosphate accumulating lineage in EBPR wastewater treatment plants worldwide. ISME J 2022; 16:1605-1616. 🇩🇰
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status:
not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status:
preferred name (not pro-correct name)