Name: "Candidatus Kryptonium thompsonii" corrig. Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: thomp.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. thompsonii, named after David Thompson, explorer of the region around Dewar Creek

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: JGI-4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FAOP01000004 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Kryptonium thompsoni" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Kryptonium" 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.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Kryptonium" 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: 22146