Name: "Candidatus Rifleibacterium amylolyticum" Kadnikov et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cum. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. amylolyticum, degrading starch

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: CH46

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JAACJG010000035 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of a member of the uncultured phylum Riflebacteria revealed pathways of organotrophic metabolism and dissimilatory iron reduction. Microbiology 2020; 89:328-336.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Rifleibacterium" Kadnikov et al. 2020. Publication: Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of a member of the uncultured phylum Riflebacteria revealed pathways of organotrophic metabolism and dissimilatory iron reduction. Microbiology 2020; 89:328-336.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Rifleibacterium" Kadnikov et al. 2020

Assigned by: Kadnikov VV, Mardanov AV, Beletsky AV, Karnachuk OV, Ravin NV. Genome analysis of a member of the uncultured phylum Riflebacteria revealed pathways of organotrophic metabolism and dissimilatory iron reduction. Microbiology 2020; 89:328-336.

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Record number: 28711