Genus "Candidatus Thermochlorobacter"

Name: "Candidatus Thermochlorobacter" Liu et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ther.mo.chlo.ro.bac’ter. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Thermochlorobacter, a green heat-loving rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thermochlorobacter-), ther-mo-khlo-ro-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Thermochlorobacter aerophilus" corrig. Liu et al. 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Z, Klatt CG, Ludwig M, Rusch DB, Jensen SI, Kuhl M, Ward DM, Bryant DA. 'Candidatus Thermochlorobacter aerophilum:' an aerobic chlorophotoheterotrophic member of the phylum Chlorobi defined by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2012; 6:1869-1882. 🇺🇸

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

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

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Thermochlorobacteraceae" corrig. Liu et al. 2012

Assigned by: Liu Z, Klatt CG, Ludwig M, Rusch DB, Jensen SI, Kuhl M, Ward DM, Bryant DA. 'Candidatus Thermochlorobacter aerophilum:' an aerobic chlorophotoheterotrophic member of the phylum Chlorobi defined by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. ISME J 2012; 6:1869-1882. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 15203
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