Name: "Candidatus Chromulinivorax destructor" corrig. Deeg et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: des.truc’tor. L. masc. n. destructor, destroyer

Pronunciation, gender: des-TRUK-tor, masculine

Nomenclatural type: bacterium; bacterium (ex Spumella elongata CCAP 955/1); ex Spumella elongata CCAP 955/1; SeV1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP025544 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Deeg CM, Zimmer MM, George EE, Husnik F, Keeling PJ, Suttle CA. Chromulinavorax destructans, a pathogen of microzooplankton that provides a window into the enigmatic candidate phylum Dependentiae. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007801.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 2. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4671.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Chromulinavorax destructans" Deeg et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Chromulinivorax" corrig. Deeg et al. 2019. Publication: Deeg CM, Zimmer MM, George EE, Husnik F, Keeling PJ, Suttle CA. Chromulinavorax destructans, a pathogen of microzooplankton that provides a window into the enigmatic candidate phylum Dependentiae. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007801.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Chromulinivorax" corrig. Deeg et al. 2019

Assigned by: Deeg CM, Zimmer MM, George EE, Husnik F, Keeling PJ, Suttle CA. Chromulinavorax destructans, a pathogen of microzooplankton that provides a window into the enigmatic candidate phylum Dependentiae. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007801.

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Record number: 14120