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: masculine (stem: Manganitroph-)

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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 (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Manganitrophus noduliformans" Yu and Leadbetter 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not 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