Name: "Kuafucaenimonas" Li et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ku.a.fu.cae.ni’mo.nas. Chinese masc. n. Kuafu, sun-chasing giant, Prometheus-like god in Chinese mythology; L. neut. n. caenum, mud, sludge; L. fem. n. monas, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Kuafucaenimonas, a microbe found in sludge environments associated with phototrophy

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Kuafucaenimonad-), ku-a-fu-ka͡e-NI-mo-nas

Type species: "Kuafucaenimonas phototrophica" Li et al. 2023

Original publication: Li L, Huang D, Hu Y, Rudling NM, Canniffe DP, Wang F, Wang Y. Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6450. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Kuafucaenimonas phototrophica" Li et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Kuafubacteriaceae" Li et al. 2023

Assigned by: Li L, Huang D, Hu Y, Rudling NM, Canniffe DP, Wang F, Wang Y. Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6450. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 50722