Name: "Candidatus Manganitrophus" Yu and Leadbetter 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Man.ga.ni’tro.phus. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder; N.L. masc. n. Manganitrophus, manganese feeder

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Manganitroph-), man-ga-NI-tro-p^hus

Type species: "Candidatus Manganitrophus noduliformans" Yu and Leadbetter 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Yu H, Leadbetter JR. Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy via manganese oxidation. Nature 2020; 583:453-458. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Manganitrophaceae" Yu et al. 2022. Publication: Yu H, Chadwick GL, Lingappa UF, Leadbetter JR. Comparative Genomics on Cultivated and Uncultivated Freshwater and Marine "Candidatus Manganitrophaceae" Species Implies Their Worldwide Reach in Manganese Chemolithoautotrophy. mBio 2022; 13:e0342121. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Yu and Leadbetter (2020) assigned this genus to the phylum "Nitrospirae" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Yu H, Leadbetter JR. Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy via manganese oxidation. Nature 2020; 583:453-458. 🇺🇸

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 Manganitrophus morganii" Yu et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Manganitrophus noduliformans" Yu and Leadbetter 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Manganitrophaceae" Yu et al. 2022

Assigned by: Yu H, Chadwick GL, Lingappa UF, Leadbetter JR. Comparative Genomics on Cultivated and Uncultivated Freshwater and Marine "Candidatus Manganitrophaceae" Species Implies Their Worldwide Reach in Manganese Chemolithoautotrophy. mBio 2022; 13:e0342121. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28498