Name: "Candidatus Cronobacter colletis" Masood et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Pronunciation, gender: kol-LE-tis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 1383; CECT 8567; LMG 28204; NCTC 14934

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LK054215 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Masood N, Jackson E, Moore K, Farbos A, Paszkiewicz K, Dickins B, McNally A, Forsythe S. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Cronobacter colletis" NCTC 14934T, a New Species in the Genus Cronobacter. Genome Announc 2014; 2:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Siccibacter colletis" corrig. Masood et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Siccibacter colletis Jackson et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Siccibacter colletis" corrig. Masood et al. 2014	corrected spelling of name, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name although allegedly deposited in a culture collection. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: Cronobacter Iversen et al. 2008

Assigned by: Masood N, Jackson E, Moore K, Farbos A, Paszkiewicz K, Dickins B, McNally A, Forsythe S. Draft Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Cronobacter colletis" NCTC 14934T, a New Species in the Genus Cronobacter. Genome Announc 2014; 2:0.

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Record number: 1096