Name: "Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator" Chivian et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: au.dax.vi.a’tor. L. adj. audax, daring, courageous; L. masc. n. viator, traveler; N.L. masc. n. audaxviator, a courageous traveler

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-FO-ru-dis a͡u-dax-wi-A-tor, feminine

Nomenclatural type: MP104C

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP000860 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chivian D, Brodie EL, Alm EJ, Culley DE, Dehal PS, DeSantis TZ, Gihring TM, Lapidus A, Lin LH, Lowry SR, et al. Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. Science 2008; 322:275-278. 🇺🇸

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: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator" Chuvochina et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chivian et al. 2008. Publication: Chivian D, Brodie EL, Alm EJ, Culley DE, Dehal PS, DeSantis TZ, Gihring TM, Lapidus A, Lin LH, Lowry SR, et al. Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. Science 2008; 322:275-278. 🇺🇸
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Desulforudis audaxviator" Karnachuk et al. 2026.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chivian et al. 2008

Assigned by: Chivian D, Brodie EL, Alm EJ, Culley DE, Dehal PS, DeSantis TZ, Gihring TM, Lapidus A, Lin LH, Lowry SR, et al. Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. Science 2008; 322:275-278. 🇺🇸

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