Name: "Candidatus Cryoxeromicrobium" Ji et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Cry.o.xe.ro.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. neut. n. kryos, icy cold, frost; Gr. masc. adj. xêros, dry; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Cryoxeromicrobium, a microbe from cold and dry environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cryoxeromicrobi-), kry-o-xe-ro-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: "Candidatus Cryoxeromicrobium davisii" Ji et al. 2021

Effective publication: Ji M, Williams TJ, Montgomery K, Wong HL, Zaugg J, Berengut JF, Bissett A, Chuvochina M, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. ISME J 2021; 15:2692-2707. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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: 1

Parent taxon: Vulcanimicrobiaceae Yabe et al. 2024

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 35528

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