Genus "Candidatus Rifleibacterium"

Name: "Candidatus Rifleibacterium" Kadnikov et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ri.fle.i.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Rifleibacterium, a rod named after Rifle, Colorado

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Rifleibacteri-), ri-fle-i-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Candidatus Rifleibacterium amylolyticum" Kadnikov et al. 2020

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of a member of the uncultured phylum Riflebacteria revealed pathways of organotrophic metabolism and dissimilatory iron reduction. Microbiology 2020; 89:328-336. 🇷🇺

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

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

Parent taxon: [Rifleibacteriota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 28506
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