Name: "Candidatus Zhurongbacter" Leng et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Zhu.rong.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. Zhurongbacter, named after Zhurong, the fire god in Chinese myth [probably better: Zhurongiibacter]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Zhurongbacter-), z͡hu-ron͡g-BAK-ter

Type species: "Candidatus Zhurongbacter thermophilus" Leng et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Leng H, Wang Y, Zhao W, Sievert SM, Xiao X. Identification of a deep-branching thermophilic clade sheds light on early bacterial evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4354. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Zhurongbacterota" Leng et al. 2023. Publication: Leng H, Wang Y, Zhao W, Sievert SM, Xiao X. Identification of a deep-branching thermophilic clade sheds light on early bacterial evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4354. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zhurongbacteria".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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 Zhurongbacter thermophilus" Leng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: [Zhurongbacterota, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 45387