Name: "Candidatus Nitrosothermus" Luo et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.ther’mus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Nitrosothermus, a nitrite-forming organism from a hot environment

Gender: masculine (stem: Nitrosotherm-)

Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosothermus koennekei" Luo et al. 2021

Original publication: Luo ZH, Narsing Rao MP, Chen H, Hua ZS, Li Q, Hedlund BP, Dong ZY, Liu BB, Guo SX, Shu WS, et al. Genomic Insights of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" Based on Nine New Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, Including "Candidatus Nitrosothermus" Gen Nov. and Two New Species of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus". Front Microbiol 2020; 11:608832.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

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
    "Candidatus Nitrosothermus koennekei" Luo et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" De La Torre et al. 2008

Assigned by: Luo ZH, Narsing Rao MP, Chen H, Hua ZS, Li Q, Hedlund BP, Dong ZY, Liu BB, Guo SX, Shu WS, et al. Genomic Insights of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" Based on Nine New Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, Including "Candidatus Nitrosothermus" Gen Nov. and Two New Species of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus". Front Microbiol 2020; 11:608832.

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Record number: 35565