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Genus "Candidatus Caldipriscus"
Name: "Candidatus Caldipriscus" Colman et al. 2016
Etymology: Cal.di.pris’cus. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; L. masc. adj. priscus, ancient or primitive; N.L. masc. n. Caldipriscus, ancient thermophile
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Caldiprisc-), kal-di-PRIS-kus
Type species: "Candidatus Caldipriscus primus" Colman et al. 2016
Effective publication:
Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.
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 phylum "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016.
Publication:
Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016.
Publication:
Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016.
Publication:
Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Caldipriscus primus" Colman et al. 2016 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: [Caldipriscota, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 9082
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