Name: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis" Abby et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ca.vas.cur.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. cavascurensis, describes origin of sample (Terme di Cavascura, Ischia)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: SCU2

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16S rRNA gene: MG603755 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Abby SS, Melcher M, Kerou M, Krupovic M, Stieglmeier M, Rossel C, Pfeifer K, Schleper C. Candidatus Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis, an Ammonia Oxidizing, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon with a Highly Mobile Genome. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:28.

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)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus" De la Torre et al. 2008

Assigned by: Abby SS, Melcher M, Kerou M, Krupovic M, Stieglmeier M, Rossel C, Pfeifer K, Schleper C. Candidatus Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis, an Ammonia Oxidizing, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon with a Highly Mobile Genome. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:28.

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Record number: 1026