Phylum "Candidatus Pyropristinus"

Name: "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Pyr.o’pris.tin.us. Gr. neut. n. pŷr, fire; L. masc. adj. pristinus, former/early; N.L. masc. pl. n. Pyropristinus, early thermophiles [incorrectly formed: last component is not plural]

Gender: masculine

Type genus: "Candidatus Caldipriscus" Colman et al. 2016

Original publication: Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. "Candidatus phylum list no. 1." Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus phyla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016

Parent taxon: Bacteria Woese et al. 2024

Assigned by: Colman DR, Jay ZJ, Inskeep WP, Jennings Rd, Maas KR, Rusch DB, Takacs-Vesbach CD. Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:304.

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Record number: 14004
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