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Species "Candidatus Syntropholuna alkaliphila"
Name: "Candidatus Syntropholuna alkaliphila" Sorokin et al. 2016
Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, alkali-loving
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-ka-LI-phi-la, feminine
Nomenclatural type: Be0.6MT; UNIQEM U996
Effective publication:
Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Syntropholuna" Sorokin et al. 2016.
Publication:
Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202. 🇷🇺
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🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name because growing in coculture with Methanocalculus alkaliphilus.
Publication:
Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Syntropholuna" Sorokin et al. 2016.
Publication:
Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Syntropholuna" Sorokin et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202. 🇷🇺
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Record number: 16902
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