Name: "Candidatus Kaftiobacterium" Liu et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Kaf.ti.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. adj. kafti, hot; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and in biology a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Kaftiobacterium, a bacterium in hot environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Kaftiobacteri-), kaf-ti-o-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Candidatus Kaftiobacterium primum" Liu et al. 2024

Original publication: Liu L, Lian ZH, Lv AP, Salam N, Zhang JC, Li MM, Sun WM, Tan S, Luo ZH, Gao L, et al. Insights into chemoautotrophic traits of a prevalent bacterial phylum CSP1-3, herein Sysuimicrobiota. Natl Sci Rev 2024; 11:nwae378. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Kaftiobacteriaceae" Liu et al. 2024. Publication: Liu L, Lian ZH, Lv AP, Salam N, Zhang JC, Li MM, Sun WM, Tan S, Luo ZH, Gao L, et al. Insights into chemoautotrophic traits of a prevalent bacterial phylum CSP1-3, herein Sysuimicrobiota. Natl Sci Rev 2024; 11:nwae378. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kaytiobacterium".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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
    "Candidatus Kaftiobacterium primum" Liu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Kaftiobacterium secundum" Liu et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Kaftiobacteriaceae" Liu et al. 2024

Assigned by: Liu L, Lian ZH, Lv AP, Salam N, Zhang JC, Li MM, Sun WM, Tan S, Luo ZH, Gao L, et al. Insights into chemoautotrophic traits of a prevalent bacterial phylum CSP1-3, herein Sysuimicrobiota. Natl Sci Rev 2024; 11:nwae378. 🇨🇳

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