Name: "Caldococcus" Svetlichny et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cal.do.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. Caldococcus, a coccus existing in a hot environment; from L. masc. adj. caldus, heat; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, berry

Gender: masculine (stem: Caldococc-)

Type species: "Caldococcus litoralis" Svetlichny et al. 1987

Original publication: Svetlichny VA, Slesarev AI, Svetlichnaya TP, Zavarzin GA. Caldococcus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. - a new marine, extremely thermophilic sulfur-reducing archaebacterium. Mikrobiologia 1987; 56:831-838.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CDCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Caldococcus litoralis" Svetlichny et al. 1987	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Caldococcus noboribetus" Aoshima et al. 1996	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Desulfurococcales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 652