Name: "Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus oleiphilus" corrig. Jung et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: o.le.i’phi.lus. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. oleiphilus, loving oil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: MY3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP012850 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jung MY, Kim JG, Sinninghe Damste JS, Rijpstra WI, Madsen EL, Kim SJ, Hong H, Si OJ, Kerou M, Schleper C, et al. A hydrophobic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of the Nitrosocosmicus clade isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment. Environ Microbiol Rep 2016; 8:983-992.

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 Nitrosocosmicus oleophilus" Jung et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus" Jung et al. 2016. Publication: Jung MY, Kim JG, Sinninghe Damste JS, Rijpstra WI, Madsen EL, Kim SJ, Hong H, Si OJ, Kerou M, Schleper C, et al. A hydrophobic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of the Nitrosocosmicus clade isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment. Environ Microbiol Rep 2016; 8:983-992.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus" Jung et al. 2016

Assigned by: Jung MY, Kim JG, Sinninghe Damste JS, Rijpstra WI, Madsen EL, Kim SJ, Hong H, Si OJ, Kerou M, Schleper C, et al. A hydrophobic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of the Nitrosocosmicus clade isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment. Environ Microbiol Rep 2016; 8:983-992.

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Record number: 22037