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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus schleperae"

Name: "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus schleperae" Luo et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: schle’pe.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. schleperae, named in honour of Christa Schleper

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-so-KAL-dus S͡HLE-pe-ra͡e, masculine

Nomenclatural type: JZ-1.bins.77

Effective publication: Luo ZH, Narsing Rao MP, Chen H, Hua ZS, Li Q, Hedlund BP, Dong ZY, Liu BB, Guo SX, Shu WS, et al. Genomic Insights of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" Based on Nine New Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, Including "Candidatus Nitrosothermus" Gen Nov. and Two New Species of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus". Front Microbiol 2020; 11:608832. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

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

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Assigned by: Luo ZH, Narsing Rao MP, Chen H, Hua ZS, Li Q, Hedlund BP, Dong ZY, Liu BB, Guo SX, Shu WS, et al. Genomic Insights of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldaceae" Based on Nine New Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, Including "Candidatus Nitrosothermus" Gen Nov. and Two New Species of "Candidatus Nitrosocaldus". Front Microbiol 2020; 11:608832. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 35673

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