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Phylum "Candidatus Pyropristinus"
Name: "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016
Etymology: Py.ro.pris’ti.nus. 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]
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: py-ro-PRIS-ti-nus, masculine
Type genus: "Candidatus Caldipriscus" Colman et al. 2016
Effective 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. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Candidatus list no. 5. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5821.
Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling
Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016 corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Colman et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Colman et al. (2016) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
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.
Parent taxon: [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]
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Record number: 14004
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