Name: "Candidatus Aetokthonos rifticola" Sudianto et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: rif.ti’co.la. N.L. masc./fem. n. rifticola, one that dwells in a rift; N.L. neut. n. riftum, “rift”, derived from English rift; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant or dweller

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ERZ28674877TS

Original publication: Sudianto E, Shlafstein MD, Durieu B, Harmel M, Cornet L, Saw JH. Taxonomic description of cyanobacteria from extreme habitats through genome-based classification. Front Microbiol 2026; 17:1824103. 🇧🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The article mentions the SeqCode. This SeqCode is not an officially recognized code of nomenclature. In fact, the use of the SeqCode is officially discouraged. ICNP-compliant databases and publications are not allowed to use the SeqCode. The SeqCode deliberately and systematically violates the ICNP. The SeqCode attempts to undermine the scientific standard called "valid publication of the name of a prokaryote" by lowering the requirements compared to the ICNP, but using the same term and assigning it to names whose formation is indistinguishable from the one used by the ICNP. LPSN follows the ICNP and treats such names as not validly published. Publication: Goker M, Moore ERB, Oren A, Trujillo ME. Status of the SeqCode in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5754. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Aetokthonos Wilde and Johansen 2014

Assigned by: Sudianto E, Shlafstein MD, Durieu B, Harmel M, Cornet L, Saw JH. Taxonomic description of cyanobacteria from extreme habitats through genome-based classification. Front Microbiol 2026; 17:1824103. 🇧🇪

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