Species "Candidatus Cryptoclostridium obscurum"

Name: "Candidatus Cryptoclostridium obscurum" Glendinning et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: obs.cu’rum. L. neut. adj. obscurum, obscure

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kryp-to-klos-TRI-di-um obs-KU-rum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Coassemblymag106

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Cryptoclostridium" Glendinning et al. 2021. Publication: Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Cryptoclostridium" Glendinning et al. 2021

Assigned by: Glendinning L, Stewart RD, Pallen MJ, Watson KA, Watson M. Author Correction: Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum. Genome Biol 2021; 22:60. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 35627