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Genus "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus"
Name: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus" De la Torre et al. 2008
Etymology: Ni.tro.so.cal’dus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, nitrous; L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. masc. n. Nitrosocaldus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Nitrosocald-), ni-tro-so-KAL-dus
Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus yellowstonensis" corrig. De la Torre et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" De La Torre et al. 2008.
Publication:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Nitrosocaldales" De La Torre et al. 2008.
Publication:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818.
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🧕 De la Torre et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Nitrosocaldales" De La Torre et al. 2008.
Publication:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" De La Torre et al. 2008.
Publication:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818.
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: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis" Abby et al. 2018 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus islandicus" Daebeler et al. 2018 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus schleperae" Luo et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus tengchongensis" Luo et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus yellowstonensis" corrig. De la Torre et al. 2008 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus yellowstonii" De la Torre et al. 2008 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" De La Torre et al. 2008
Assigned by:
de la Torre JR, Walker CB, Ingalls AE, Konneke M, Stahl DA. Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:810-818.
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Record number: 3711
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