Name: "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" Scarborough et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bi’fi.da. L. fem. adj. bifida, divided into two parts, as in the bifid shunt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BI-fi-da, feminine

Nomenclatural type: LCO1.1; VOGC00000000

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16S rRNA gene: VOGC01000002 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scarborough MJ, Myers KS, Donohue TJ, Noguera DR. Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" gen. nov., sp. nov., and "Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans" sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

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 Weimeria" Scarborough et al. 2020. Publication: Scarborough MJ, Myers KS, Donohue TJ, Noguera DR. Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" gen. nov., sp. nov., and "Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans" sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Weimeria" Scarborough et al. 2020

Assigned by: Scarborough MJ, Myers KS, Donohue TJ, Noguera DR. Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by "Candidatus Weimeria bifida" gen. nov., sp. nov., and "Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans" sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 3367