Name: "Candidatus Tenuibacter" Kroer et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Te.nu.i.bac’ter. L. masc./fem. adj. tenuis, slender; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Tenuibacter

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Tenuibacter-), te-nu-i-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Tenuibacter priapulorum" Kroer et al. 2016

Effective publication: Kroer P, Kjeldsen KU, Nyengaard JR, Schramm A, Funch P. A Novel Extracellular Gut Symbiont in the Marine Worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) Reveals an Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Clade of the Ecdysozoa. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:539. 🇩🇰

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Tenuibacteraceae" Kroer et al. 2016. Publication: Kroer P, Kjeldsen KU, Nyengaard JR, Schramm A, Funch P. A Novel Extracellular Gut Symbiont in the Marine Worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) Reveals an Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Clade of the Ecdysozoa. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:539. 🇩🇰
  • 🧕 Castelli and Petroni (2025) assigned this genus to the family "Candidatus Hepatincolaceae" Szokoli et al. 2016. Publication: Castelli M, Petroni G. An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria): Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov. Microb Ecol 2025; 88:15. 🇮🇹

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 Tenuibacter priapulorum" Kroer et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Tenuibacteraceae" Kroer et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kroer P, Kjeldsen KU, Nyengaard JR, Schramm A, Funch P. A Novel Extracellular Gut Symbiont in the Marine Worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) Reveals an Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Clade of the Ecdysozoa. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:539. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 15205