Name: "Candidatus Kryptobacter tengchongensis" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: teng.chong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tengchongensis, from Tengchong County, China

Pronunciation, gender: ten͡g-k^hon͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: JGI-2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FAOR01000148 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Paez-Espino D, Jarett J, Dunfield PF, Hedlund BP, Dekas AE, Grasby SE, Brady AL, Dong H, Briggs BR, et al. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10476.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Kryptobacter" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016. Publication: Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Paez-Espino D, Jarett J, Dunfield PF, Hedlund BP, Dekas AE, Grasby SE, Brady AL, Dong H, Briggs BR, et al. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10476.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Kryptobacter" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016

Assigned by: Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Paez-Espino D, Jarett J, Dunfield PF, Hedlund BP, Dekas AE, Grasby SE, Brady AL, Dong H, Briggs BR, et al. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10476.

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Record number: 14123