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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Thiomicrorhabdus electrophagus"

Name: "Candidatus Thiomicrorhabdus electrophagus" Yamamoto et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: e.lec.tro.pha’gus. Gr. neut. n. êlektron, amber, used in science for a negative charge unit; Gr. masc./fem. adj. suff. -phagos, an eater; N.L. masc. adj. electrophagus, an electron eater

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Yamamoto M, Takaki Y, Kashima H, Tsuda M, Tanizaki A, Nakamura R, Takai K. In situ electrosynthetic bacterial growth using electricity generated by a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. ISME J 2023; 17:12-20. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

Parent taxon: Thiomicrorhabdus Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Yamamoto M, Takaki Y, Kashima H, Tsuda M, Tanizaki A, Nakamura R, Takai K. In situ electrosynthetic bacterial growth using electricity generated by a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. ISME J 2023; 17:12-20. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 30080
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