Name: "Candidatus Cyclonatronum proteinivorum" Sorokin et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pro.te.i.ni.vo’rum. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -vorum, devouring; from L. v. voro, to eat; N.L. neut. adj. proteinivorum, devouring proteins

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Omega

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF830693 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov A, Kublanov IV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of a Novel Deep-Lineage Haloalkaliphilic Member of the Phylum Balneolaeota From Soda Lakes Possessing Na(+)-Translocating Proteorhodopsin. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2672.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Cyclonatronum" Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov A, Kublanov IV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of a Novel Deep-Lineage Haloalkaliphilic Member of the Phylum Balneolaeota From Soda Lakes Possessing Na(+)-Translocating Proteorhodopsin. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2672.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Cyclonatronum proteinivorum Zhilina et al. 2023.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Cyclonatronum" Sorokin et al. 2018

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Toshchakov SV, Korzhenkov A, Kublanov IV. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of a Novel Deep-Lineage Haloalkaliphilic Member of the Phylum Balneolaeota From Soda Lakes Possessing Na(+)-Translocating Proteorhodopsin. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2672.

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Record number: 28630